How to Win Yorick vs Shyvana Counter Matchup Yorick is in the a tier of champions

Yorick vs Shyvana

How to Beat Shyvana as Yorick in LoL Shyvana is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Shyvana as Yorick

based on 1,167 Yorick vs Shyvana matchups
Win Rate
45.9 %
K/D/A
1.52
Pick Rate
3.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup stats from the millions of ranked League rounds that we review every week. Our guide on how to beat Shyvana as Yorick came out of an evaluation of 1167 ranked matches where both champs faced off against one another. This counter pairing is relatively rare. Yorick has to counter Shyvana in only 3.2% of his games.

Yorick vs Shyvana Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Yorick does a terrible job of countering Shyvana. Typically, he wins a lowly 45.9% of the time the champs face off with each other in. In Yorick against Shyvana rounds, Yorick’s side is 0.0% more probable to earn first blood, indicating that he most likely will get first blood versus Shyvana.

Best Yorick vs Shyvana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPhage

Core Yorick Items

~22 Mins
Divine SundererHullbreakerSerylda's Grudge

Optional Items

Titanic HydraBlack CleaverSpirit VisageThornmail

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Yorick to level up q
>
Second ability for Yorick to level up e
>
Last skill for Yorick to max out w

Runes

Resolve Grasp of the Undying DemolishBone PlatingOvergrowth
Inspiration Biscuit DeliveryApproach Velocity
Adaptive Adaptive Armor
Yorick's passive ability p
Yorick q ability q
Yorick w ability w
Yorick e ability e
Yorick's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
11
R
12
E
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E
14
W
15
W
16
R

Guide to Countering Shyvana as Yorick

Tips for Playing as Yorick against Shyvana

You do not need to cast Awakening to regain the ability to cast Last Rites.

The Maiden will attempt to assist you in a fight, so choose your targets well.

You can send the Maiden down a lane alone, be careful though, as she represents a large portion of your combat power.

Advice to Win Against Shyvana

All of Shyvana's basic abilities hit multiple enemies in dragon form. It's important for opposing champions to not cluster while fighting her.

A significant portion of Shyvana's power is generated through aggression, making her weak against opponents who are able to keep their distance.

Shyvana's Fury Bar indicate her ultimate can be activated. Harassing her when she's low on Fury can be very effective.

Yorick vs Shyvana Counter Stats

Yorick Image
Win Rate
45.9 %
VS
Win Rate
54.1 %
Shyvana Image
3.7
< Kills >
6.3
5
< Deaths >
4.5
3.9
< Assists >
7.6
0.81
< Killing Sprees >
1.39
187
< Minions Killed >
68
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
1.84
0.83
< Inhibitors >
0.56
12,629
< Physical Damage >
3,779
7,397
< Magic Damage >
15,890
499
< True Damage >
1,311
20,526
< Damage Dealt >
20,981
28,455
< Damage Taken >
34,618
12,037
< Gold Earned >
12,266
3.67
< Towers >
1.94
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.37
5,928
< Total Healing >
8,679
15,191
< Experience >
14,508
17
< Vision Score >
22
8
< Wards Placed >
6
195
< Time Dealing CC >
593

How to Counter Shyvana with Yorick in LoL

The stats provided here clarify several influential Yorick versus Shyvana matchup stats that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Shyvana’s ratio of NaN, showing that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Shyvana..

Yorick normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes less damage than Shyvana. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Yorick and Shyvana

Damage Types Compared

Yorick
Shyvana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Yorick
Shyvana

Who is Better, Yorick or Shyvana?

Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Yorick usually loses when taking on Shyvana, with a 45.9% win rate. Thus, Yorick makes a poor counter for Shyvana.

While Yorick does have a much lower win rate compared to Shyvana, when on opposite teams, Yorick also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Yorick into Shyvana.

Additionally, Yorick has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shyvana. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Shyvana matchups, Shyvana is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Yorick is a terribly counter for Shyvana. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Yorick against Shyvana.

Other Champion Matchups Against Yorick

Yorick Loses Against

Bel'Veth Bel'Veth 45.6% winrate Shyvana Shyvana 45.9% winrate Yone Yone 46.6% winrate Swain Swain 46.7% winrate

Yorick Wins Against

Karthus Karthus 59.3% winrate Lee Sin Lee Sin 59.2% winrate Syndra Syndra 57.5% winrate Nidalee Nidalee 56.7% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Neeko Neeko + 56.6% 590 Games Shyvana Shyvana + 57.2% 1073 Games Jax Jax + 57.5% 379 Games Zyra Zyra + 57.6% 1213 Games

Additional Information for Yorick Players

How We Calculated Our Yorick vs Shyvana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Shyvana as Yorick, we analyzed 1,167 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Shyvana as Yorick comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Yorick Build Shyvana Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yorick in order to counter Shyvana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Yorick typically gets more CS relative to Shyvana. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Yorick versus Shyvana build consist of Divine Sunderer, Hullbreaker, and Serylda's Grudge. When Yorick used at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Shyvana than with most other typical builds. In fact, Yorick had an average winrate of 45.9% battling Shyvana with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of crushing Shyvana as Yorick, Yorick players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Biscuit Delivery, and Approach Velocity runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Yorick vs Shyvana matchups, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 45.9% winrate overall.

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