History Characters / LeagueOfLegendsYasuo

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** His ''Wind Wall'' blocks the vast majority of projectiles that hit it, but it's completely useless against purely melee champions. It also doesn't prevent ranged attacks which count as projectiles (like, say, Tibbers).

* TraumaCongaLine: After his master Souma was discovered dead, he was accused of murder and became a fugitive. His brother attempted to kill him to restore the FamilyHonor, and Yasuo had to cut him down, dissolving into a wreck of guilt and alcoholism afterward. After going through so much, some of his lines make him sound like he's teetering on the edge of the DespairEventHorizon.

* WalkingShirtlessScene: Besides the cloak covering his neck and shoulders, he's completely bare down in the middle.

* BigBrotherInstinct: As revealed in "The Bird and the Branch," "Brotherhood," and some of his lines to young characters in ''[=LoR=]'', [[FriendToAllChildren Yasuo's gentler side comes out around children and teens]], and he will help them if he can.

* ElementalBarrier: ''Wind Wall'' creates one for all projectiles just by a quick swoosh of his blade.

* IGaveMyWord: The larger part of Yasuo's motivation in ''Ruined King'' is merely to keep his promise to protect his employer Ahri. His determination to stay with her clashes with her own fears that she'll inadvertently hurt him if he gets too close to her.
* IaijutsuPractitioner: Yasuo keeps his blade sheathed when not in use, and the draw movement is part of his attack animation. When he has been out of combat for a few seconds, he [[SwipeYourBladeOff wipes his blade clean]] before sheathing it again.

* LightningBruiser: He has high damage and extremely high mobility, while also packing some defensive capabilities with his passive shield and his Wind Wall. His passive allowing him to reach max crit chance with only two items encourages players to diversify his other three item slots and build more defensive items without sacrificing damage, allowing Yasuo to become quite durable while still maintaing his high damage, high mobility status.

* MagikarpPower: Like most melee carries. His laning is nothing to sneeze at, but his base stats are on the low side and he needs to invest in attack speed and critical chance items to start ramping up his damage before he can build more defensive items. Yet, he scales '''hard''' with items and levels, becoming easily able to swing around duels and teamfights around once he gets going.

* SeriesMascot: Yasuo has evolved into one of the poster children of the franchise, appearing in a large number of works relative to other champs and seeing almost yearly cosmetics in ''League''.

* SiblingTeam: He and Yone team up in "Kin of the Stained Blade" to take down an azakana.

** His ''Wind Wall'' also counts. It blocks the vast majority of projectiles that hit it, meaning he counters a high number of champions on that premise... but it's completely useless against purely melee champions or champions that don't rely much on skillshots

* TraumaCongaLine: In order, his master is discovered dead, he's the prime suspect and is forced on the run, his brother confronts him to bring him in, he kills said brother, he spends years devolving into isolation and alcohol. After so much trauma, some of his lines make him sound like he's teetering on the edge of the DespairEventHorizon.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: As a child he was scorned by his village for the being a child [[HeroicBastard born out of wedlock]]. And then his headstrong personality made him a prime target for bullies, from which his brother Yone had to defend him.

* BattleInTheRain: His fatal duel with Yone took place in a rainy field, which of course ended with the latter dead.

* BigDamnHeroes: He's one of the many Ionian champs who comes to Irelia and her people's aid in "Awaken".

* BreakoutCharacter: Yasuo's popularity has made him one of the biggest faces of the franchise. He's a common pick for promotional material like "The Climb" and stars in his own animated short prefacing the release of Yone. He's been a launch character and mascot in both ''Wild Rift'' and ''Legends of Runeterra'' and one of the main characters in ''Ruined King''.
* BrickJoke: Ties in with his distaste with Master Yi and the Wuju style, AND Master Yi's own punny joke:

* {{BFS}}: His blade, which is somewhat akin to either a tachi or nodachi due to its length. It gives him a melee attack range in line with Xin Zhao (spear), and Tryndamere (''massive'' BFS which is so heavy he drags it behind him).
* ByronicHero: Yasuo is one of the moodier heroes in the world of Runeterra, understandable with what a turmoil his life has been. In ''Ruined King'' he slowly relaxes and lets down some of his walls over the course of the game, particularly around Ahri and the ever-persistent Braum.

* ClearMyName: The central conflict of Yasuo's lore is absolving himself for the deaths of Soma and Yone. As of [[https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/story/confessions-of-a-broken-blade-act-1-story/ Confessions of a Broken Blade]] his name ''is'' cleared, with the truth revealed that Riven was [[AccidentalMurder accidentally]] responsible for his master's death, but Yasuo remains in exile because he still can't forgive himself.

* KatanasAreJustBetter: His weapon, befitting his Ionian background, is a very sharp katana (technically more of either a tachi or a nodachi).
* LadyAndKnight: Subverted between him and Ahri in ''Ruined King''. He signs on as her protector, only to find that she doesn't actually need one.

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In season 1 of ''Teamfight Tactics'', Yasuo is a Tier 5 Exile Blademaster, a unique origin that gives him a shield if he starts the battle not adjacent to any ally. With his ability, ''Steel Tempest'', he stabs enemies up to 2 hexes away on first two casts, then fires a tornado that damages and knocks up all enemies in a straight line on third cast. In season 2 he was changed to a Tier 2 Cloud Blademaster. His ability was changed to ''Last Breath'', which causes him to blink to the enemy with the most items, knocking them into the air and suspending them there while he hits them several times, applying on-hit effects with each hit. He returns largely the same in season 3 besides using his Odyssey skin and Rebel replacing Cloud as his origin. In season 4, he returns to using his base skin as a Tier 1 Exile Duelist; his previously unique Exile origin now shared between him and Yone. His new ability is ''Striking Steel'', which strikes in a two-hex line for a percentage of Yasuo's attack damage and applies on-hit effects. Before casting, he may also dash a short distance to a position where he can strike two targets if possible. In season 5, he uses his Nightbringer Yasuo skin as a Tier 3 Nightbringer Legionnaire. His ability was changed to ''Burning Blade'', which slashes his target for magic damage and grants Yasuo a stacking on-hit true damage bonus for the rest of the round. He was removed in season 6, returning in season 7 using his Dream Dragon Yasuo skin as a Tier 5 Mirage Dragonmancer Warrior. His new ability, ''Sweeping Blade'', shields Yasuo for a few seconds and causes him to dash through his target, slashing surrounding enemies for bonus percent attack damage at his destination, with every third cast being empowered to deal triple damage, strike a larger area, and briefly knock up enemies hit. If Yasuo hits the last surviving enemy, he slashes them repeatedly until they die. In season 8, he uses his PROJECT: Yasuo skin and was changed to a Tier 2 [=LaserCorps=] Duelist. ''Steel Tempest'' returns as his ability, though in this iteration it only fires a tornado dealing magic damage and knocking up enemies in a line. Similar to his season 4 iteration, Yasuo will dash up to 1-hex so that his ability will hit as many enemies as possible. In season 9, he returns to using his base skin as a Tier 4 Ionia Challenger. In this iteration, his ''Last Breath'' ability launches a tornado at the furthest enemy within 3 hexes, knocking up all enemies in its path. Once the tornado reaches the intended target, Yasuo dashes to them and slashes them repeatedly for physical damage before slamming them to the ground, dealing reduced damage to enemies in a 1-hex radius. He was removed in the ''Horizonbound'' mid-set update, returning in season 10 using his True Damage Yasuo skin as a Tier 1 True Damage Edgelord. His ''Synthesizer Strike'' ability passively grants Yasuo a permanent attack damage boost whenever he kills an enemy, and on activation strikes his current target for physical damage. His True Damage Bling Bonus allows his spell to execute enemies below 15% health.\\

He is part of the founding base roster for Riot's upcoming free-to-play 2v2 [[TagTeam Tag Team]] [[FightingGame Fighting Game]], [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/TwoXKO "2XKO"]]

'''Appears in:''' ''VideoGame/LegendsOfRuneterra'', ''VideoGame/RuinedKing'', ''Project L''

Yasuo is one of the playable champions appearing in ''VideoGame/RuinedKing''.

* OldMaster: In the "Still Here" cinematic, Yasuo is much older than we know, but is still more than capable of beating an army of Navori thugs all by his lonesome, holding them off with a [[MartialArtsStaff walking stick]] before he gets his hands on a proper sword.

-->As a child, Yasuo often believed what the others in his village said of him: on the best days, his very existence was an error in judgement; on the worst, he was a mistake that could never be undone.