Yorick vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Yorick
based on 1,923 Yorick vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Yorick vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Gwen
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 Gwen
Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.
Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.
Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.
Yorick vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Yorick in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several critical Yorick against Gwen counter stats that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gwen’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Gwen..
Yorick normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Gwen. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yorick and Gwen
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Who is Better, Yorick or Gwen?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Yorick usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Gwen, with a 49.0% win rate. Thus, Yorick makes an ok counter for Gwen.
While Yorick does have a lower win rate than Gwen, when they face off with one another, Yorick also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Yorick into Gwen.
Moreover, Yorick has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gwen. 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 in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Gwen matchups, Gwen 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 to Gwen. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing 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 Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yorick to counter Gwen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Gwen. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Yorick versus Gwen build consist of The Collector, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Yorick bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Gwen than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Yorick had an average win rate of 49.0% when playing against Gwen with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Gwen as Yorick, you 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 builds players chose for Yorick vs Gwen counters, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.0% win rate overall.
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