What items should I get for a Yasuo top?

I've been playing as Yasuo for the past few weeks and I'm starting to get the hang of him. It's a pretty fun champion to play with and it's kinda satisfying to see his ult land on a team fight...and get out of it alive, of course...

But that's the thing... I know he's pretty squishy but as he lands his ult, he's pretty vulnerable, especially if there's CC on the enemy team.

When I play him on top lane I build him like this:

Berzerker's or Mercury threads, Statikk, IE, BoTRK, Last Whisper

Leaving the last item slot open. Generally I don't get to build the last item but the few times I've reached late game with him, I didn't know what to build...more damage or a GA, or something.

Should I build him as a bruiser or an assassin when playing him on top lane?

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Best Answer

Your question has a lot of possibilities to be honest. Most of the time you build full dmg as you have above. But it is very situational as well. If you are ahead and carrying build GA last or second to last. If you are loosing the game but you are playing will i would just build full dmg. If you are losing the game and you are doing poorly yourself you could build tankier early but you really wont be doing much of anything if the other team is way ahead.

My main recommendation would to just build full dmg with a tanky item second or last. Tanky item would be Guardian Angel #1, Banshee's if the other team has a lot of magic dmg, and mercurial scimitar if the other team has some deadly CC.