Yorick vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Yorick
based on 1,154 Yorick vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Yorick vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Kassadin
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 Kassadin
It takes 6 spell casts for Kassadin's slow, Force Pulse, to become castable. If he levels up that ability, judiciously use your own skills while laning against him.
Kassadin deals mostly magic damage. If he's doing well consider buying magic resist items like Mercury's Treads and Banshee's Veil.
Each time Kassadin consecutively uses Riftwalk, he pays more and more mana. Keep this in mind as you chase him.
Yorick vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Yorick in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several important Yorick versus Kassadin counter stats that may help you distinguish the differences between the pair. As an example, Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kassadin’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kassadin..
Yorick usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kassadin. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yorick and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Yorick or Kassadin?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Yorick usually loses when playing against Kassadin, with a 48.4% win rate. As a result, Yorick makes a bad counter to Kassadin.
While Yorick does have a lower win rate than Kassadin, when on opposite teams, Yorick also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Yorick into Kassadin.
Additionally, Yorick also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kassadin. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Kassadin matchups, Kassadin is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Yorick is a somewhat poor counter to Kassadin. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Yorick against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Yorick to counter Kassadin during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Kassadin. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions 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 on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Yorick versus Kassadin build consist of Trinity Force, Hullbreaker, and Sundered Sky. When Yorick included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Kassadin than with most other common item sets. In fact, Yorick boasted an average win rate of 48.4% when countering Kassadin with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Kassadin as Yorick, Yorick players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Demolish runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Yorick vs Kassadin fights, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.4% win rate overall.
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