Nami vs Yorick
How to Beat Yorick as Nami
based on 2,275 Nami vs Yorick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nami vs Yorick Matchup Summary
Best Nami vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yorick as Nami
Tips for Playing as Nami against Yorick
Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.
Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.
Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.
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.
Nami vs Yorick Counter Stats
How to Counter Yorick with Nami in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some important Nami vs. Yorick matchup statistics that may help us explain the differences between these two champs. As an example, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Yorick’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Yorick. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Nami typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Yorick. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nami and Yorick
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Who is Better, Nami or Yorick?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nami usually fairs equally well when facing off against Yorick, with a 49.7% win rate. As a result, Nami makes an ok counter for Yorick.
While Nami does have a lower winrate compared to Yorick, when they face off with one another, Nami also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Nami into Yorick.
Furthermore, Nami also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yorick. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nami vs Yorick matchups, Yorick is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Nami is a somewhat poor counter for Yorick. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nami against Yorick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nami in order 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 lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nami usually accumulates a lot less CS compared to Yorick. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Nami versus Yorick build consist of Redemption, Dream Maker, and Imperial Mandate. When Nami combined at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better vs. Yorick than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Nami had an average win rate of 49.7% when playing against Yorick with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Yorick as Nami, Nami players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Nami vs Yorick counter picks, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Yorick as Nami are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.