Viktor vs Yorick
How to Beat Yorick as Viktor
based on 1,224 Viktor vs Yorick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Yorick Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yorick as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Yorick
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor vs Yorick Counter Stats
How to Counter Yorick with Viktor in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several vital Viktor against Yorick matchup stats that can help you distinguish the differences between this set of champs. Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yorick’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Yorick..
Viktor usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives less damage than Yorick. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Viktor and Yorick
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Who is Better, Viktor or Yorick?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Viktor usually fairs equally well when playing against Yorick, with a 49.8% win rate. Therefore, Viktor makes an ok counter to Yorick.
While Viktor does have a lower win rate than Yorick, when they face off with one another, Viktor also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Viktor into Yorickas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Viktor also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yorick. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Viktor 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 teammates during late stage team fights.
Viktor is a somewhat poor counter for Yorick. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Viktor against Yorick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Viktor 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Yorick. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Viktor versus Yorick build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Yorick than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Viktor had an average winrate of 49.8% when playing against Yorick with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Yorick as Viktor, Viktor players should use 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 players chose for Viktor vs Yorick fights, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.8% winrate overall.
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