Yorick vs Shaco
How to Beat Shaco as Yorick
based on 3,148 Yorick vs Shaco matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Shaco Matchup Summary
Best Yorick vs Shaco Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shaco as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Shaco
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 Shaco
If Shaco is doing well early-game, it is worth the investment to place Stealth Wards near his Jungle camps.
If Shaco uses Deceive to enter a fight he won't be able to quickly use it again to get away. Work with your team to quickly focus him down.
Yorick vs Shaco Counter Stats
How to Counter Shaco with Yorick in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several critical Yorick against Shaco matchup statistics that can help us interpret the differences between the pair. For instance, Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shaco’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Shaco..
Yorick often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Shaco. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yorick and Shaco
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Who is Better, Yorick or Shaco?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Yorick usually wins when taking on Shaco, with a 52.3% win rate. Therefore, Yorick makes a good counter for Shaco.
While Yorick does have a higher winrate compared to Shaco, when on opposite teams, Yorick also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Yorick into Shaco.
Moreover, Yorick also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shaco. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Shaco matchups, Yorick is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Yorick is an above average counter for Shaco. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Yorick against Shaco.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Yorick to counter Shaco during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick often accumulates much more CS compared to Shaco. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Yorick versus Shaco build consist of Eclipse, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Yorick incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Shaco than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Yorick had an average winrate of 52.3% when playing against Shaco with this counter build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Shaco as Yorick, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Legend: Bloodline, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Yorick vs Shaco battles, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.3% winrate overall.
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