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Yorick vs Gragas

How to Beat Gragas as Yorick in LoLYorick is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Gragas as Yorick

based on 1,387 Yorick vs Gragas matchups
Win Rate
54.1 %
K/D/A
1.6
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked LoL rounds each week. In our dataset, Yorick did battle with Gragas 1387 times. Having so many games with Yorick vs Gragas provides us confidence in our ability to provide useful statistics and a recommended build to annihilate Gragas. This particular counter matchup is somewhat rare. Yorick encounters Gragas in only 1.5% of his games.

Yorick vs Gragas Matchup Summary

Yorick does a great job of countering Gragas. On average, he wins a fantastic 54.1% of matches the champions oppose one another in. In Yorick against Gragas games, Yorick’s side is 0.1% less expected to earn first blood, indicating that he probably won't be able to get first blood against Gragas.

Best Yorick vs Gragas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordTiamat

Core Yorick Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceHullbreakerSundered Sky

Optional Items

The CollectorSterak's GageProfane HydraSpear of Shojin

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport 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

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
ResolveDemolishBone Plating
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Guide to Countering Gragas as Yorick

Tips for Playing as Yorick against Gragas

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 Gragas

Body Slam is on a very low cooldown, making it difficult to pursue Gragas. Don't overextend yourself chasing him.

Gragas can knock everybody away with his ultimate. Be careful that you don't get knocked into him or, worse, an enemy tower.

Yorick vs Gragas Counter Stats

Yorick Image
Win Rate
54.1 %
VS
Win Rate
45.9 %
Gragas Image
4.3
< Kills >
5.6
5.3
< Deaths >
5.4
4.2
< Assists >
7
0.96
< Killing Sprees >
1.28
195
< Minions Killed >
108
0.16
< Dragons Killed >
0.6
0.87
< Inhibitors >
0.37
14,704
< Physical Damage >
1,330
7,450
< Magic Damage >
17,242
484
< True Damage >
591
22,639
< Damage Dealt >
19,164
27,700
< Damage Taken >
29,358
12,653
< Gold Earned >
11,136
3.78
< Towers >
1.42
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.14
7,318
< Total Healing >
12,688
15,791
< Experience >
14,026
17
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
8
196
< Time Dealing CC >
477

How to Counter Gragas with Yorick in LoL

The stats shown on this page emphasize some critical Yorick versus Gragas counter stats that can help you explain the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gragas’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Gragas..

Yorick typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Gragas. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Yorick and Gragas

Damage Types Compared

Yorick
Gragas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Yorick
Gragas

Who is Better, Yorick or Gragas?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Yorick usually wins when taking on Gragas, with a 54.1% win rate. As a result, Yorick makes a great counter for Gragas.

While Yorick does have a much higher winrate compared to Gragas, when facing one another, Yorick also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Yorick into Gragas.

Moreover, Yorick has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gragas. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Gragas matchups, Yorick is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Yorick is a great counter for Gragas. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Yorick against Gragas.

Additional Information for Yorick Players

How We Calculated Our Yorick vs Gragas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Gragas as Yorick, we analyzed 1,387 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 Gragas 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Yorick to counter Gragas during both the laning 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 listen to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Yorick usually picks up more CS as Gragas. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot 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 Gragas build include Trinity Force, Hullbreaker, and Sundered Sky. When Yorick combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Gragas than with most other common item sets. In fact, Yorick had an average winrate of 54.1% when playing against Gragas with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of beating Gragas 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 runes that we analyzed for Yorick vs Gragas counter picks, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 54.1% winrate overall.

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