Nunu & Willump vs Yorick
How to Beat Yorick as Nunu & Willump
based on 2,108 Nunu & Willump vs Yorick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nunu & Willump vs Yorick Matchup Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yorick as Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Yorick
Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.
You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.
It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.
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.
Nunu & Willump vs Yorick Counter Stats
How to Counter Yorick with Nunu & Willump in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some valuable Nunu & Willump versus Yorick counter stats that can help you explain the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yorick’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Yorick. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Nunu & Willump usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Yorick. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nunu & Willump and Yorick
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Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Yorick?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually loses when trying to fight Yorick, with a 44.5% win rate. As a result, Nunu & Willump makes a poor counter for Yorick.
While Nunu & Willump does have a much lower winrate compared to Yorick, when on opposite teams, Nunu & Willump also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Nunu & Willump into Yorick.
Moreover, Nunu & Willump also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yorick. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Yorick matchups, Yorick is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Nunu & Willump is a terribly counter to Yorick. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Nunu & Willump against Yorick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nunu & Willump in order to counter Yorick during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nunu & Willump most often accumulates a lot less CS compared to Yorick. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Nunu & Willump versus Yorick build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Nunu & Willump included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Yorick than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average winrate of 44.5% battling Yorick with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Yorick as Nunu & Willump, Nunu & Willump players should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Nunu & Willump vs Yorick battles, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 44.5% win rate overall.
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