Yorick vs Rakan
How to Beat Rakan as Yorick
based on 2,432 Yorick vs Rakan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Rakan Matchup Summary
Best Yorick vs Rakan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rakan as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Rakan
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 Rakan
Champions with crowd control that can be applied quickly excel against Rakan.
Catching Rakan with no allies around severely inhibits his mobility. Try to find him alone.
Rakan's movement abilities forecast their destination. Try to use this to your advantage.
Yorick vs Rakan Counter Stats
How to Counter Rakan with Yorick in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some significant Yorick vs. Rakan matchup stats that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. For instance, Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rakan’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Rakan..
Yorick usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Rakan. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yorick and Rakan
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Who is Better, Yorick or Rakan?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Yorick usually fairs equally well when facing off against Rakan, with a 49.8% win rate. As a result, Yorick makes an ok counter to Rakan.
While Yorick does have a lower win rate than Rakan, when on opposite teams, Yorick also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Yorick into Rakan.
Additionally, Yorick also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rakan. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Rakan matchups, Rakan is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Yorick is a somewhat poor counter to Rakan. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yorick against Rakan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yorick in order to counter Rakan during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick usually racks up much more CS as Rakan. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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 need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Yorick versus Rakan build consist of Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Hullbreaker. When Yorick included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Rakan than with most other common item sets. In fact, Yorick boasted an average winrate of 49.8% when playing against Rakan with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Rakan 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 Rakan face-offs, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.8% winrate overall.
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