Yorick vs Graves
How to Beat Graves as Yorick
based on 3,625 Yorick vs Graves matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Graves Matchup Summary
Best Yorick vs Graves Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Graves as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Graves
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 Graves
Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.
Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.
Yorick vs Graves Counter Stats
How to Counter Graves with Yorick in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some important Yorick against Graves matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Graves’s ratio of NaN, showing that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Graves..
Yorick often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Graves. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yorick and Graves
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Who is Better, Yorick or Graves?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Yorick usually fairs equally well when taking on Graves, with a 49.8% win rate. As a result, Yorick makes an ok counter to Graves.
While Yorick does have a lower winrate than Graves, when facing one another, Yorick also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Yorick into Graves.
Furthermore, Yorick has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Graves. 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Graves matchups, Graves is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Yorick is a somewhat poor counter for Graves. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yorick against Graves.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Yorick to counter Graves during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick usually accumulates much more CS relative to Graves. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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 several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The top items to use in your Yorick versus Graves build include Trinity Force, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Yorick used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Graves than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Yorick had an average win rate of 49.8% battling Graves with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Graves as Yorick, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Demolish runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Yorick vs Graves counter picks, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.8% winrate overall.
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