Veigar vs Yorick
How to Beat Yorick as Veigar
based on 3,409 Veigar vs Yorick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Veigar vs Yorick Matchup Summary
Best Veigar vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yorick as Veigar
Tips for Playing as Veigar against Yorick
Veigar is extremely Mana and Cooldown Reduction dependent. Try buying items with these stats in order to increase the effectiveness of your passive and Baleful Strike.
Veigar is very fragile. It is valuable to select at least one summoner spell that can be used defensively.
Use Event Horizon to increase your chances of landing Dark Matter.
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.
Veigar vs Yorick Counter Stats
How to Counter Yorick with Veigar in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some important Veigar against Yorick matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. For instance, Veigar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Yorick’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Veigar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Yorick..
Veigar normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Yorick. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Veigar and Yorick
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Who is Better, Veigar or Yorick?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Veigar usually fairs equally well when playing against Yorick, with a 49.4% win rate. As a result, Veigar makes an ok counter for Yorick.
While Veigar does have a lower winrate compared to Yorick, when on opposite teams, Veigar also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Veigar into Yorickas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Veigar has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yorick. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Veigar vs Yorick matchups, Yorick is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Veigar is a somewhat poor counter for Yorick. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Veigar against Yorick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Veigar in order to counter Yorick during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Veigar on average gets a similar amount of CS compared to Yorick. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, 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, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Veigar versus Yorick build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Veigar incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Yorick than with many other typical builds. In fact, Veigar had an average winrate of 49.4% when playing against Yorick with this counter build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Yorick as Veigar, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Veigar vs Yorick LoL games, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.4% winrate overall.
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