In professional League of Legends, there is a concept called “Flame Horizon” to refer to two top lane players being too far apart due to minion count (100 minions or more). This concept has since been used to indicate the significant gap between two top lane players because the distance from where we stand to the horizon is too great.
However, this term regarding distance does not only apply to the professional arena; Riot Games also uses it to describe the significant discrepancies in their statistics. Recently, Riot Blaustoise admitted that at Riot Games, they have a title called “Yasuo Horizon” when analyzing the pick rate of “the god” in the Vietnamese server, China, and a few other places. The reason is similar to above, as Yasuo’s playrate is overwhelmingly higher than other champions.
Riot Blaustoise: “This fun fact, when looking at the playrate data on the Vietnamese server, China, and a few other regions, we often exclude Yasuo from the reports because the pick rate of this champion is so high that it makes statistics and analysis much more difficult. We call this phenomenon ‘Yasuo Horizon'”.
Yasuo, with the image of a rugged swordsman, masculinity, and a fluid playstyle, has long captivated gamers worldwide. Even in Asian countries like Vietnam and China, this champion has been elevated to the status of a national champion due to being played so frequently that Yasuo can be seen in almost every match. Of course, not everyone has the skill to master this champion, so the ban rate for “the god” is also among the top in most servers.
Perhaps it is hard to find a champion in League of Legends that generates as much excitement as “the god” does; it’s difficult to imagine a day when Riot Games releases a new champion that can surpass Yasuo in popularity as it stands now.