Yoru buff discussions and suggestions.

Posted by Steve

Sunday, March 7, 2021 6:31 PM

I belive we can all agree yoru needs a buff. Riot already announced the intention to buff him which is great. As I yoru main I just want to point out what I feel yoru could do better maintaining his identity.

Problems:

Problem (1)

Compared to other duelist he offers much less to the team play in defense.

  • Phenix can wall/molly to slow down pushes.
  • raze defensive nades on bind/split are a game changer
  • reyna/jett op and dismiss/dash are extremely effective at any rank

Yoru? He can tp from one site to the other in case of a quick push for a fast retake. And only if they enter in the first seconds of the game.

Proposed solution (1)

Yoru tp can be placed before the match and the timer starts with the game, allowing yoru some more seconds to decide rotating or not, also maybe with a 5 sec increase or something. So yoru can actually do something in defense even tho still marginally.

Problem (2)

Yoru tp are extremely susceptible to small angle variations on long range deployment. He should be a fast paced character, and I find myself to waste horrific long time on lineups (2 seconds for a lineup for viper/brim are acceptable but not for yoru)

Proposed solution (2)

Show on minimap where the tp is going to go in real-time, while I move my arm around make a blue dot or something in the minimal that indicates where is going to stop. Simple, doesn't affect the enemy and makes my life so much better, I can push without loosing time.

Problem (3)

Here is the big one. To attack/enter site with tp since the sound is so hearable you need to throw a flash too, effectively using 2 abilities to perform 1 action. Somehow I belive the positioning value to be higher than the flash itself, but this also means i only have 1 usable flash.

Proposed solution (3)

Here is where some debate could be held. Either one of these 2 options will work:

  • reduce drastically tp sounds and view range

  • give him 1 more flash

Both of this things will make using yoru aggressively more effective.

Yoru steps are useful but they don't add value other than a brief confusion on the enemy which

Problem (4)

His fake steps are almost useless compared to a bum bot, fire healing wall, jett smokes, reyna devour/dismiss all of this abilities reinforce their respective character identity (in case of reyna they are the whole identity) But in case of yoru they add little, they don't spot like the boombot, they don't do visual games like the phenix wall or jett smokes. Even the effectiveness on enemy is marginal: U can use them to fake on 1 site tp to the team and push the other but only works a couple of time and at high elo they don't rotate quickly anymore and recognize yoru steps. On defense they are only useful for retake to confuse a little the enemy but they hardly work.

Proposed solution (4)

This is the most needed/ best one I belive. Make a visible yoru clone on the steps that copy the player looking directions. I look right he looks right and so. This will seems real the enemy will shoot it and I will have audio cue, which a lot of the yoru identity is based of. (If you want it to make it op you could add that the clone can spot on minimap)

(Or you can make it alternatively allowing yoru vision over his steps a bit like a sky tiger but that would be out of character imo so nha)

EDIT: Lore wise u can say it's another dimension yoru or something like that and it will still be in his character

Problem (5)

The ultimate is not as good to be a 7 points. Raze rocket is 7, sage resurrect is 7, and yoru ult pales in comparison to those.

Proposed solution (5)

Anyone of these will do:

  • reduce ult cost to 6 like reyna and phenix (even those 2 are still better imo)

  • allow for tp while in ult (making it a good info gathering at a price of 2 abilities)

  • increase yoru view range while in ult probably to 1.5 what is know or around that

Conclusion:

I belive all of these are needed changes ranging from quality of life to plastyle effectiveness, I think the core identity of yoru will be preserved but making him a much more valuable asset for the time.

I can already see this guy in the comments: If it has so many problems why do you play yoru? Because I like the plastyle, it's very different from any other and he has blue hairs.

Let me know what you guys think :)

References

  • https://www.reddit.com/r/VALORANT/comments/lz8hbs/yoru_buff_discussions_and_suggestions/
  • https://reddit.com/lz8hbs

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