Yorick vs Olaf
How to Beat Olaf as Yorick
based on 1,862 Yorick vs Olaf matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Olaf Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Olaf as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Olaf
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.
You do not need to cast Awakening to regain the ability to cast Last Rites.
Advice to Win Against Olaf
Preventing Olaf from reaching his axe will minimize the amount of harassment he can cause in the laning phase.
Olaf becomes more dangerous the lower life he is. Save your disables to finish him off.
Olaf has reduced defenses from damage during Ragnarok, despite being immune to disables. If you can't escape from Olaf during Ragnarok, try focusing your damage on him with your teammates.
Yorick vs Olaf Counter Stats
How to Counter Olaf with Yorick in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some critical Yorick against Olaf matchup stats that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Olaf’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Olaf..
Yorick typically has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Olaf. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yorick and Olaf
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Who is Better, Yorick or Olaf?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Yorick usually wins when playing against Olaf, with a 55.1% win rate. Thus, Yorick makes a fantastic counter for Olaf.
While Yorick does have a much higher win rate compared to Olaf, when on opposite teams, Yorick also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Yorick into Olaf.
Furthermore, Yorick also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Olaf. This 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 in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Olaf 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 allies during late stage team fights.
Yorick is a great counter to Olaf. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Yorick against Olaf.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Yorick in order to counter Olaf during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick often racks up a similar amount of CS as Olaf. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Yorick versus Olaf build consist of Divine Sunderer, Ravenous Hydra, and Serylda's Grudge. When Yorick bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Olaf than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Yorick boasted an average win rate of 55.1% when playing against Olaf with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of beating Olaf as Yorick, Yorick players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Demolish, and Bone Plating runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Yorick vs Olaf counters, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 55.1% win rate overall.
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