Aatrox vs Yorick
How to Beat Yorick as Aatrox
based on 3,940 Aatrox vs Yorick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aatrox vs Yorick Matchup Summary
Best Aatrox vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yorick as Aatrox
Tips for Playing as Aatrox against Yorick
Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.
Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.
Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.
Advice to Win Against Yorick
You can cast Smite on Mist Walkers and the Maiden of the Mist to damage or kill them.
You can attack Dark Procession to break the wall down.
Try to thin out Yorick's minions before you engage him, Mist Walkers will die from a basic attack or a single target spell.
Aatrox vs Yorick Counter Stats
How to Counter Yorick with Aatrox in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some vital Aatrox vs. Yorick counter stats that can help you grasp the differences between the pair. Aatrox’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Yorick’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Aatrox may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Yorick..
Aatrox usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Yorick. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Aatrox and Yorick
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Who is Better, Aatrox or Yorick?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Aatrox usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Yorick, with a 49.2% win rate. Therefore, Aatrox makes an ok counter for Yorick.
While Aatrox does have a lower win rate compared to Yorick, when they face off with one another, Aatrox also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Aatrox into Yorick.
Moreover, Aatrox has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yorick. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aatrox vs Yorick matchups, Yorick is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Aatrox is a somewhat poor counter for Yorick. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Aatrox against Yorick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Aatrox to counter Yorick during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aatrox typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Yorick. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Aatrox versus Yorick build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Death's Dance. When Aatrox incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Yorick than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Aatrox had an average winrate of 49.2% battling Yorick with this counter build.
To have the best chance of defeating Yorick as Aatrox, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Aatrox vs Yorick face-offs, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.2% winrate overall.
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