Kayn vs Yorick
How to Beat Yorick as Kayn
based on 4,278 Kayn vs Yorick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Yorick Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yorick as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Yorick
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
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.
Kayn vs Yorick Counter Stats
How to Counter Yorick with Kayn in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some vital Kayn against Yorick counter stats that can help you explain the distinctions between this set of champions. Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Yorick’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Yorick..
Kayn often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Yorick. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayn and Yorick
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Who is Better, Kayn or Yorick?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kayn usually fairs equally well when playing against Yorick, with a 49.5% win rate. As a result, Kayn makes an ok counter for Yorick.
While Kayn does have a lower winrate than Yorick, when they face off with one another, Kayn also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Kayn into Yorickas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kayn has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yorick. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Yorick matchups, Yorick is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Kayn is a somewhat poor counter for Yorick. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kayn against Yorick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kayn to counter Yorick during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn typically accumulates a lot less CS relative to Yorick. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Kayn versus Yorick build include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Axiom Arc. When Kayn bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Yorick than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kayn boasted an average winrate of 49.5% battling Yorick with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Yorick as Kayn, you should use the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Kayn vs Yorick battles, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.5% win rate overall.
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