Lucian vs Yorick
How to Beat Yorick as Lucian
based on 4,892 Lucian vs Yorick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Yorick Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yorick as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Yorick
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
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.
Lucian vs Yorick Counter Stats
How to Counter Yorick with Lucian in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several valuable Lucian against Yorick matchup stats that can help you explain the differences between the two. Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Yorick’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Yorick. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Lucian normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Yorick. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lucian and Yorick
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Who is Better, Lucian or Yorick?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lucian usually loses when facing off against Yorick, with a 48.2% win rate. As a result, Lucian makes a bad counter for Yorick.
While Lucian does have a lower winrate than Yorick, when facing one another, Lucian also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Lucian into Yorick.
Additionally, Lucian has only a small 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 ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Yorick matchups, Yorick is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Lucian is a somewhat poor counter to Yorick. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Lucian against Yorick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lucian 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 lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Yorick. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Lucian versus Yorick build include Bloodthirster, Rapid Firecannon, and Kraken Slayer. When Lucian bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting Yorick than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Lucian boasted an average win rate of 48.2% when countering Yorick with this build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Yorick as Lucian, you should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Lucian vs Yorick LoL games, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.2% winrate overall.
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