Yorick vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Yorick
based on 6,437 Yorick vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Yorick vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Yorick vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Yorick in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some influential Yorick against Yasuo counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Yasuo’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Yasuo..
Yorick usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Yasuo. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yorick and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Yorick or Yasuo?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Yorick usually loses when taking on Yasuo, with a 48.2% win rate. Therefore, Yorick makes a bad counter to Yasuo.
While Yorick does have a lower winrate compared to Yasuo, when facing one another, Yorick also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Yorick into Yasuo.
Moreover, Yorick also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yasuo. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, 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 Yasuo matchups, Yasuo is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Yorick is a somewhat poor counter to Yasuo. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Yorick against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Yorick to counter Yasuo during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Yasuo. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Yorick versus Yasuo build consist of Trinity Force, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Yorick bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Yasuo than with most other common builds. In fact, Yorick boasted an average winrate of 48.2% battling Yasuo with this build.
To have the best chance of beating Yasuo 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 combinations players used for Yorick vs Yasuo counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.2% winrate overall.
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