Yorick vs Diana
How to Beat Diana as Yorick
based on 3,778 Yorick vs Diana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Diana Matchup Summary
Best Yorick vs Diana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Diana as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Diana
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 Diana
Pale Cascade orbs only last a few seconds. Avoid Diana and engage her after the shield dissipates.
Diana can play very aggressively if she uses Lunar Rush without Moonlight, but you can punish her by slowing or stunning her when she has no way to get back into position.
Dodge Crescent Strike, or move to safety if you are affected by Moonlight.
Yorick vs Diana Counter Stats
How to Counter Diana with Yorick in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several important Yorick against Diana matchup stats that can help us interpret the differences between the pair. For instance, Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Diana’s ratio of NaN, showing that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Diana..
Yorick typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Diana. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yorick and Diana
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Who is Better, Yorick or Diana?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Yorick usually fairs equally well when taking on Diana, with a 49.0% win rate. Thus, Yorick makes an ok counter for Diana.
While Yorick does have a lower winrate than Diana, when on opposite teams, Yorick also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Yorick into Diana.
Additionally, Yorick has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Diana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Diana matchups, Diana 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.
Yorick is a somewhat poor counter for Diana. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yorick against Diana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yorick to counter Diana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick on average racks up more CS compared to Diana. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Yorick versus Diana build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Hullbreaker. When Yorick bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Diana than with most other common item sets. In fact, Yorick had an average win rate of 49.0% when playing against Diana with this build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Diana 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 rune sets we have analyed for Yorick vs Diana counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.0% win rate overall.
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