Yorick vs Cassiopeia
How to Beat Cassiopeia as Yorick
based on 788 Yorick vs Cassiopeia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Cassiopeia Matchup Summary
Best Yorick vs Cassiopeia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Cassiopeia as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Cassiopeia
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 Cassiopeia
Be wary of Cassiopeia's damage potential with Twin Fang when she has you poisoned.
Turn away from Cassiopeia when she is casting Petrifying Gaze to get slowed instead of stunned.
Yorick vs Cassiopeia Counter Stats
How to Counter Cassiopeia with Yorick in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several important Yorick versus Cassiopeia counter stats that can help you distinguish the differences between the pair. Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Cassiopeia’s ratio of NaN, showing that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Cassiopeia..
Yorick typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Cassiopeia. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yorick and Cassiopeia
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Who is Better, Yorick or Cassiopeia?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Yorick usually fairs equally well when taking on Cassiopeia, with a 49.4% win rate. Therefore, Yorick makes an ok counter for Cassiopeia.
While Yorick does have a lower winrate than Cassiopeia, when on opposite teams, Yorick also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Yorick into Cassiopeia.
Moreover, Yorick also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Cassiopeia. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Cassiopeia matchups, Cassiopeia is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Yorick is a somewhat poor counter to Cassiopeia. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Yorick against Cassiopeia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Yorick to counter Cassiopeia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Cassiopeia. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Yorick versus Cassiopeia build include Trinity Force, Hullbreaker, and Sundered Sky. When Yorick incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Cassiopeia than with many other common item sets. In fact, Yorick boasted an average winrate of 49.4% when countering Cassiopeia with this build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Cassiopeia as Yorick, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Demolish runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Yorick vs Cassiopeia fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.4% win rate overall.
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