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How to Win Yorick vs Draven Counter MatchupYorick is in the b tier of champions

Yorick vs Draven

How to Beat Draven as Yorick in LoLYorick is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Draven as Yorick

based on 2,682 Yorick vs Draven matchups
Win Rate
51.2 %
K/D/A
1.67
Pick Rate
3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of ranked LoL games that we analyze each week. This guide on how to beat Draven as Yorick resulted from an analysis of 2682 ranked rounds where both champions engaged one another. This particular champion matchup is fairly rare. Yorick has to counter Draven in only 3.0% of his matches.

Yorick vs Draven Matchup Summary

Yorick does a decent job of beating Draven. On average, he wins a acceptable 51.2% of games the champions battle each other in. In Yorick against Draven matches, Yorick’s team is 0.2% less expected to earn first blood. This implies that he probably won't get first blood versus Draven.

Best Yorick vs Draven Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordDagger

Core Yorick Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverTrinity ForceSundered Sky

Optional Items

OpportunitySerylda's GrudgeEclipseTitanic Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerteleport summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Yorick to level upq
>
Second ability for Yorick to level upe
>
Last skill for Yorick to max outw

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishBone PlatingOvergrowth
PrecisionPresence of MindLegend: Bloodline
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Yorick's passive ability p
Yorick's q ability q
Yorick's w ability w
Yorick's e ability e
Yorick's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
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R
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E
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E
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Draven as Yorick

Tips for Playing as Yorick against Draven

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 Draven

Disrupt Draven with the goal of making him drop his axes. If you do, his power drops dramatically.

Launch skillshots toward the landing position of Draven's Spinning Axes.

Yorick vs Draven Counter Stats

Yorick Image
Win Rate
51.2 %
VS
Win Rate
48.8 %
Draven Image
4.4
< Kills >
8.5
5.2
< Deaths >
6.3
4.3
< Assists >
5.3
1.01
< Killing Sprees >
1.92
189
< Minions Killed >
173
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.24
0.82
< Inhibitors >
0.51
14,064
< Physical Damage >
21,430
7,243
< Magic Damage >
115
495
< True Damage >
439
21,802
< Damage Dealt >
21,984
26,961
< Damage Taken >
22,534
12,391
< Gold Earned >
13,705
3.58
< Towers >
2.36
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
7,024
< Total Healing >
7,385
15,417
< Experience >
12,519
16
< Vision Score >
15
8
< Wards Placed >
7
203
< Time Dealing CC >
97

How to Counter Draven with Yorick in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several valuable Yorick vs. Draven counter statistics that may help us realize the distinctions between this set of champions. Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Draven’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Draven..

Yorick usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Draven. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Yorick and Draven

Damage Types Compared

Yorick
Draven
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Yorick
Draven

Who is Better, Yorick or Draven?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Yorick usually wins when trying to fight Draven, with a 51.2% win rate. Therefore, Yorick makes a good counter for Draven.

While Yorick does have a higher winrate than Draven, when facing one another, Yorick also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Yorick into Draven.

Furthermore, Yorick has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Draven. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Draven matchups, Yorick is the better champion with a higher 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 Draven. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yorick against Draven.

Other Champion Matchups Against Yorick

Yorick Loses Against

TrundleTrundle44.9% winrateIreliaIrelia45.3% winrateMaokaiMaokai46.2% winrateZyraZyra46.2% winrate

Yorick Wins Against

YuumiYuumi59.3% winrateNidaleeNidalee56.1% winrateIllaoiIllaoi55.9% winrateZeriZeri55.5% winrate

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Additional Information for Yorick Players

How We Calculated Our Yorick vs Draven Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Draven as Yorick, we analyzed 2,682 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Draven as Yorick comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Yorick Build Draven Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Yorick to counter Draven 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 tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Yorick often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Draven. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Yorick versus Draven build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Yorick combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Draven than with many other typical builds. In fact, Yorick had an average winrate of 51.2% when playing against Draven with this build.

To have the greatest probability of beating Draven as Yorick, Yorick players should equip 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 combinations we have analyed for Yorick vs Draven face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.2% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Draven as Yorick are given for all skill levels, merged. If you want to scope the stats and builds to an individual rank, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.