Gwen vs Yorick
How to Beat Yorick as Gwen
based on 1,923 Gwen vs Yorick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Yorick Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yorick as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Yorick
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
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.
Gwen vs Yorick Counter Stats
How to Counter Yorick with Gwen in LoL
The stats shown here show several critical Gwen vs. Yorick counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences between these two champions. Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Yorick’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Yorick..
Gwen often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Yorick. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gwen and Yorick
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Who is Better, Gwen or Yorick?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gwen usually wins when trying to fight Yorick, with a 51.0% win rate. Thus, Gwen makes a good counter to Yorick.
While Gwen does have a higher win rate than Yorick, when facing one another, Gwen also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Gwen into Yorick.
Additionally, Gwen also has some 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 Gwen vs Yorick matchups, Gwen is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Gwen is a decent counter for Yorick. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Gwen against Yorick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gwen in order to counter Yorick during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention 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.
Gwen on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Yorick. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Gwen versus Yorick build consist of Nashor's Tooth, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Riftmaker. When Gwen used at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better countering Yorick than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Gwen boasted an average win rate of 51.0% battling Yorick with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Yorick as Gwen, you should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Gwen vs Yorick battles, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.0% winrate overall.
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