Yorick vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Yorick
based on 946 Yorick vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Yorick vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Zilean
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 Zilean
Zilean is fragile if a team focuses on him, but otherwise he's very difficult to kill. Commit to killing him as a team.
If you're able to match Zilean's speed, it can sometimes be beneficial to wait until his ultimate has faded before landing the killing blow.
Yorick vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Yorick in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several critical Yorick vs. Zilean matchup stats that can help you realize the differences between the two. As an example, Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zilean..
Yorick typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Zilean. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yorick and Zilean
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Who is Better, Yorick or Zilean?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Yorick usually fairs equally well when facing off against Zilean, with a 49.6% win rate. Therefore, Yorick makes an ok counter for Zilean.
While Yorick does have a lower win rate than Zilean, when facing one another, Yorick also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Yorick into Zilean.
Furthermore, Yorick also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zilean. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Yorick is a somewhat poor counter to Zilean. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yorick against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yorick to counter Zilean during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick usually racks up much more CS as Zilean. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't need 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 large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Yorick versus Zilean build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Hullbreaker. When Yorick included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Zilean than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Yorick had an average winrate of 49.6% battling Zilean with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Zilean as Yorick, Yorick players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Demolish runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Yorick vs Zilean counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.6% win rate overall.
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