Olaf vs Yorick
How to Beat Yorick as Olaf
based on 656 Olaf vs Yorick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Olaf vs Yorick Matchup Summary
Best Olaf vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yorick as Olaf
Tips for Playing as Olaf against Yorick
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
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.
Olaf vs Yorick Counter Stats
How to Counter Yorick with Olaf in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some influential Olaf vs. Yorick matchup statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Olaf’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Yorick’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Olaf may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Yorick..
Olaf typically has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Yorick. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Olaf and Yorick
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Who is Better, Olaf or Yorick?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Olaf usually loses when trying to fight Yorick, with a 46.6% win rate. Therefore, Olaf makes a poor counter for Yorick.
While Olaf does have a lower winrate than Yorick, when facing one another, Olaf also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Olaf into Yorick.
Moreover, Olaf 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 isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Olaf 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 team members during team fights.
Olaf is a bad counter to Yorick. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Olaf against Yorick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Olaf 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 pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Olaf usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Yorick. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Olaf versus Yorick build include Sterak's Gage, Ravenous Hydra, and Stridebreaker. When Olaf combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Yorick than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Olaf boasted an average win rate of 46.6% when playing against Yorick with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Yorick as Olaf, Olaf players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Approach Velocity runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Olaf vs Yorick face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.6% winrate overall.
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