Warwick vs Yorick
How to Beat Yorick as Warwick
based on 4,292 Warwick vs Yorick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Warwick vs Yorick Matchup Summary
Best Warwick vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yorick as Warwick
Tips for Playing as Warwick against Yorick
Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.
Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.
Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.
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.
Warwick vs Yorick Counter Stats
How to Counter Yorick with Warwick in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some influential Warwick against Yorick counter statistics that can help you understand the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Warwick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Yorick’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Warwick may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Yorick..
Warwick typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Yorick. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Warwick and Yorick
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Who is Better, Warwick or Yorick?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Warwick usually fairs equally well when playing against Yorick, with a 49.2% win rate. Thus, Warwick makes an ok counter for Yorick.
While Warwick does have a lower win rate than Yorick, when facing one another, Warwick also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Warwick into Yorick.
Moreover, Warwick has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yorick. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Warwick vs Yorick matchups, Yorick is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Warwick is a somewhat poor counter to Yorick. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Warwick against Yorick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Warwick to counter Yorick during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Warwick often accumulates a lot less CS compared to Yorick. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Warwick versus Yorick build consist of Sterak's Gage, Blade of The Ruined King, and Titanic Hydra. When Warwick included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Yorick than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Warwick had an average win rate of 49.2% when countering Yorick with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Yorick as Warwick, Warwick players should take the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Warwick vs Yorick fights, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.2% winrate overall.
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