How to Win Yorick vs Volibear Counter Matchup Yorick is in the s tier of champions

Yorick vs Volibear

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

based on 2,707 Yorick vs Volibear matchups
Win Rate
50.5 %
K/D/A
1.55
Pick Rate
6.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter statistics from the millions of rated League rounds that we review each week. This guide on how to beat Volibear as Yorick resulted from an analysis of 2707 ranked games where both champions battled each other. This particular champion pairing is relatively uncommon. Yorick has to counter Volibear in only 6.5% of his rounds.

Yorick vs Volibear Matchup Summary

Yorick has done a ok job of countering Volibear. On average, he wins a acceptable 50.5% of matches the champions clash against one another in. In Yorick against Volibear matches, Yorick’s team is 0.1% less likely to get first blood, indicating that he probably won't be able to get first blood against Volibear.

Best Yorick vs Volibear Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPhage

Core Yorick Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceHullbreakerTitanic Hydra

Optional Items

Sterak's GageBlack CleaverSerylda's GrudgeSpirit Visage

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 w
>
Last skill for Yorick to max out e

Runes

Resolve Grasp of the Undying DemolishConditioningOvergrowth
Inspiration Magical FootwearApproach 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
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
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Q
10
W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Volibear as Yorick

Tips for Playing as Yorick against Volibear

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.

Yorick vs Volibear Counter Stats

Yorick Image
Win Rate
50.5 %
VS
Win Rate
49.5 %
Volibear Image
4.4
< Kills >
5.9
5.5
< Deaths >
5.4
4.1
< Assists >
7.3
1.01
< Killing Sprees >
1.37
176
< Minions Killed >
80
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
1.12
0.86
< Inhibitors >
0.51
11,821
< Physical Damage >
9,013
6,833
< Magic Damage >
5,907
451
< True Damage >
1,204
19,105
< Damage Dealt >
16,126
26,451
< Damage Taken >
29,260
11,874
< Gold Earned >
11,232
3.78
< Towers >
2.13
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.21
5,610
< Total Healing >
7,534
14,821
< Experience >
13,507
16
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
6
169
< Time Dealing CC >
458

How to Counter Volibear with Yorick in LoL

The stats provided here highlight some strategic Yorick against Volibear counter statistics that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between these two champions. As an example, Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Volibear’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Volibear..

Yorick usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Volibear. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Yorick and Volibear

Damage Types Compared

Yorick
Volibear
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Yorick
Volibear

Who is Better, Yorick or Volibear?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Yorick usually fairs equally well when facing off against Volibear, with a 50.5% win rate. Therefore, Yorick makes an ok counter to Volibear.

While Yorick does have a higher win rate compared to Volibear, when they face off with one another, Yorick also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Yorick into Volibear.

Additionally, Yorick has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Volibear. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Volibear matchups, Yorick 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 decent counter for Volibear. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Yorick against Volibear.

Other Champion Matchups Against Yorick

Yorick Loses Against

Janna Janna 47.3% winrate Kog'Maw Kog'Maw 47.3% winrate Shyvana Shyvana 47.4% winrate Zac Zac 48.1% winrate

Yorick Wins Against

Skarner Skarner 59.3% winrate Ryze Ryze 59.2% winrate Poppy Poppy 59% winrate Gnar Gnar 58.7% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Skarner Skarner + 58.5% 123 Games Zyra Zyra + 58.5% 1303 Games Jax Jax + 59.8% 482 Games Rumble Rumble + 60.2% 206 Games

Additional Information for Yorick Players

How We Calculated Our Yorick vs Volibear Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Volibear as Yorick, we analyzed 2,707 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 Volibear 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 Volibear Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yorick in order to counter Volibear during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Yorick most often picks up more CS relative to Volibear. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Yorick versus Volibear build consist of Trinity Force, Hullbreaker, and Titanic Hydra. When Yorick incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better versus Volibear than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Yorick had an average win rate of 50.5% battling Volibear with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of vanquishing Volibear as Yorick, Yorick players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Magical Footwear, and Approach Velocity runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Yorick vs Volibear counter picks, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.5% winrate overall.

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