Yorick vs Ryze
How to Beat Ryze as Yorick
based on 733 Yorick vs Ryze matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Ryze Matchup Summary
Best Yorick vs Ryze Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ryze as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Ryze
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 Ryze
Ryze is especially dangerous to opponents that are marked with Flux.
Use Realm Warp's windup time to figure out how to deal with what may be coming out of the portal.
Crowd controlling Ryze during Realm Warp's windup will cancel the portal.
Yorick vs Ryze Counter Stats
How to Counter Ryze with Yorick in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some valuable Yorick vs. Ryze counter statistics that may help us interpret the distinctions between these two champs. For instance, Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ryze’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Ryze..
Yorick usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Ryze. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yorick and Ryze
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Who is Better, Yorick or Ryze?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Yorick usually wins when trying to fight Ryze, with a 51.4% win rate. Thus, Yorick makes a good counter to Ryze.
While Yorick does have a higher win rate than Ryze, when they face off with one another, Yorick also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Yorick into Ryze.
Furthermore, Yorick has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ryze. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Ryze matchups, Yorick is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Yorick is a decent counter for Ryze. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Yorick against Ryze.
Other Champion Matchups Against Yorick
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Yorick in order to counter Ryze during both the laning 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 listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Ryze. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Yorick versus Ryze build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Hullbreaker. When Yorick incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Ryze than with most other typical builds. In fact, Yorick boasted an average win rate of 51.4% when playing against Ryze with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Ryze as Yorick, Yorick players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Demolish runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Yorick vs Ryze battles, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.4% win rate overall.
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