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How to Win Darius vs Yorick Counter MatchupDarius is in the b tier of champions

Darius vs Yorick

How to Beat Yorick as Darius in LoLDarius is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Yorick as Darius

based on 3,436 Darius vs Yorick matchups
Win Rate
45.6 %
K/D/A
1.86
Pick Rate
2.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League games each and every week. Within our data, Darius fought Yorick in 3436 rounds. Including so many games with Darius versus Yorick provides us a lot of faith in our capability to provide informative stats and a solid build to annihilate your enemy. This particular matchup is relatively rare. Darius fights Yorick in only 2.5% of his rounds.

Darius vs Yorick Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Darius does a terrible job of beating Yorick. Normally, he wins a lowly 45.6% of games the champs clash against one another in. In Darius against Yorick games, Darius’s team is 0.1% more probable to gain first blood. This indicates that he probably will be able to get first blood against Yorick.

Best Darius vs Yorick Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerPhage

Core Darius Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageDead Man's PlateDeath's Dance

Optional Items

Jak'Sho, The ProteanForce of NatureTitanic HydraSundered Sky

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Darius to level upq
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Second ability for Darius to level upe
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Last skill for Darius to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryNimbus CloakCelerity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceTenacity and Slow Resist
Darius's passive ability p
Darius's q ability q
Darius's w ability w
Darius's e ability e
Darius's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Yorick as Darius

Tips for Playing as Darius against Yorick

Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.

Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.

Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.

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.

Darius vs Yorick Counter Stats

Darius Image
Win Rate
45.6 %
VS
Win Rate
54.4 %
Yorick Image
6.3
< Kills >
4.5
5.6
< Deaths >
5.5
4.1
< Assists >
4.2
1.43
< Killing Sprees >
1.04
168
< Minions Killed >
189
0.18
< Dragons Killed >
0.13
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.86
14,623
< Physical Damage >
14,170
73
< Magic Damage >
7,324
3,593
< True Damage >
500
18,289
< Damage Dealt >
21,995
31,291
< Damage Taken >
26,519
11,690
< Gold Earned >
12,542
2.04
< Towers >
3.8
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
7,971
< Total Healing >
6,552
14,679
< Experience >
15,550
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
184
< Time Dealing CC >
194

How to Counter Yorick with Darius in LoL

The stats provided here highlight several significant Darius versus Yorick counter stats that may help you interpret the differences between the pair. As an example, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Yorick’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Yorick..

Darius typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Yorick. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Darius and Yorick

Damage Types Compared

Darius
Yorick
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Darius
Yorick

Who is Better, Darius or Yorick?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Darius usually loses when taking on Yorick, with a 45.6% win rate. As a result, Darius makes a poor counter for Yorick.

While Darius does have a much lower winrate compared to Yorick, when they face off with one another, Darius also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Darius into Yorick.

Moreover, Darius has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yorick. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Darius 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 team fights.

Darius is a garbage counter to Yorick. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Darius against Yorick.

Additional Information for Darius Players

How We Calculated Our Darius vs Yorick Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Yorick as Darius, we analyzed 3,436 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Yorick as Darius comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Darius to counter Yorick during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Darius on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Yorick. Champions who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Darius versus Yorick build include Sterak's Gage, Dead Man's Plate, and Death's Dance. When Darius combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Yorick than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Darius had an average win rate of 45.6% battling Yorick with this build.

To have the best likelihood of annihilating Yorick as Darius, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Darius vs Yorick matchups, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 45.6% winrate overall.

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