Nasus vs Yorick
How to Beat Yorick as Nasus
based on 3,481 Nasus vs Yorick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Yorick Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yorick as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Yorick
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
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.
Nasus vs Yorick Counter Stats
How to Counter Yorick with Nasus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some strategic Nasus vs. Yorick matchup stats that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Yorick’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Yorick..
Nasus usually has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Yorick. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nasus and Yorick
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Who is Better, Nasus or Yorick?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nasus usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Yorick, with a 50.7% win rate. As a result, Nasus makes an ok counter for Yorick.
While Nasus does have a higher win rate than Yorick, when on opposite teams, Nasus also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nasus into Yorick.
Additionally, Nasus 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 in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Yorick matchups, Nasus is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Nasus is a decent counter to Yorick. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Nasus against Yorick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nasus in order to counter Yorick during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus often racks up a similar amount of CS as Yorick. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Nasus versus Yorick build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Frozen Heart. When Nasus included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Yorick than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Nasus had an average winrate of 50.7% when countering Yorick with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Yorick as Nasus, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Nasus vs Yorick clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.7% winrate overall.
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