Blitzcrank vs Yorick
How to Beat Yorick as Blitzcrank
based on 1,841 Blitzcrank vs Yorick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Blitzcrank vs Yorick Matchup Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yorick as Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank against Yorick
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
Advice to Win Against Yorick
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.
You can cast Smite on Mist Walkers and the Maiden of the Mist to damage or kill them.
Blitzcrank vs Yorick Counter Stats
How to Counter Yorick with Blitzcrank in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some influential Blitzcrank versus Yorick matchup stats that can help us explain the differences between the two. As an example, Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Yorick’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Blitzcrank may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Yorick. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Blitzcrank typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives less damage than Yorick. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Blitzcrank and Yorick
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Who is Better, Blitzcrank or Yorick?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Blitzcrank usually loses when facing off against Yorick, with a 46.9% win rate. As a result, Blitzcrank makes a poor counter for Yorick.
While Blitzcrank does have a lower winrate compared to Yorick, when on opposite teams, Blitzcrank also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Blitzcrank into Yorick.
Furthermore, Blitzcrank also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yorick. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Blitzcrank vs Yorick matchups, Yorick is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Blitzcrank is a garbage counter to Yorick. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Blitzcrank against Yorick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Blitzcrank in order to counter Yorick during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Blitzcrank on average picks up a lot less CS relative to Yorick. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The best items to have in your Blitzcrank versus Yorick build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Frozen Heart, and Bulwark of the Mountain. When Blitzcrank combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Yorick than with most other common builds. In fact, Blitzcrank boasted an average win rate of 46.9% battling Yorick with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Yorick as Blitzcrank, you should take the Aftershock, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Blitzcrank vs Yorick clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.9% winrate overall.
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