Yasuo Counterplay

[!Warning] These notes were made before the {2xko} j.H nerfs but the general counterplay should be similar.

Yasuo neutral

• Play at a range to whiff punish wind wall (18f startup 33f recovery)
  • If he gets it out you often have to wait until it goes away
  • if they use hasagi you can jump and air dash over it
    • most Yasuos prefer tornado
  • Tornado follow up
    • have to wait it out
• Don’t jump at Yasuo, his anti-airs are too good
  • only reason to is to read wind wall or hasagi
• Play grounded
  • Ekko has better normals

Yasuo forward assist {2xko} 6T wiki

• good for gap closing
• good for disengaging
• need to punish or throw projectile to stuff
• If sandwiched
  • have to wait it out
• Extremely parryable
  • 27f startup
  • can be baited by handshake but most won’t

Defending Yasuo

• Hasagi

  • -12f on block but cancellable
  • 19f recovery
  • Poke
  • Starts offense when blocked
  • Can’t follow up with cross-up
  • {2xko} hasagi > 2S1 (stance cancel) ...
    • {2xko} > dash throw
      • punishable
        • jump or mash
      • reactable
      • must rps with it even if you cant react
        • mash preemptively
    • {2xko} > backdash
      • safe
    • {2xko} > H
      • frame trap
      • wall slumps in corner
    • {2xko} > 2S2 (hop) ...
      • `{2xko} > j.L j.2H
        • double overhead
      • {2xko} > j.L 2L
        • low

• Hop counterplay

  • hop punishes mashing on throw
  • If far
    • {2xko} 2H on reaction
    • will hop over you and punish if too close
    • Up back
      • safest option
  • If close
    • {2xko} d.2H if close and you expect cross-up
      • hard
    • parry
    • rps (they can empty hop and punish)
    • air throw
    • Up back
      • safest option
  • ==If you hop block you mush pushblock to avoid the 50/50
    • save pushblock for hop

• Pushblock

  • save pushblock for {2xko} hop > j.L

• In Summary

  • blocking hasagi starts his offense
    • dash cancels sometimes
    • must stuff with {2xko} L or {2xko} M or jump out
  • If they hop from far
    • {2xko} 2H
  • if hop from close
    • air throw
  • if hop and not sure
    • up back
  • if you block hop
    • pushblock
  • will frame trap sometimes

Burst

• Burst {2xko} 6[S1] when high in the air and whiff punish. Example|