Yorick vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Yorick
based on 5,287 Yorick vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Yorick vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Akali
You do not need to cast Awakening to regain the ability to cast Last Rites.
You can send the Maiden down a lane alone, be careful though, as she represents a large portion of your combat power.
The Maiden will attempt to assist you in a fight, so choose your targets well.
Advice to Win Against Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Yorick vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Yorick in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several important Yorick against Akali matchup statistics that can help you realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akali’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Akali..
Yorick typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Akali. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yorick and Akali
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Who is Better, Yorick or Akali?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Yorick usually fairs equally well when taking on Akali, with a 50.3% win rate. Therefore, Yorick makes an ok counter to Akali.
While Yorick does have a higher winrate compared to Akali, when on opposite teams, Yorick also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Yorick into Akali.
Furthermore, Yorick also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akali. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Akali matchups, Yorick is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Yorick is a decent counter for Akali. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Yorick against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Yorick in order to counter Akali during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Akali. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to have in your Yorick versus Akali build include Trinity Force, Hullbreaker, and Titanic Hydra. When Yorick used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Akali than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Yorick had an average winrate of 50.3% when countering Akali with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Akali as Yorick, Yorick players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Legend: Bloodline, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Yorick vs Akali face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.3% winrate overall.
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