Ziggs vs Yorick
How to Beat Yorick as Ziggs
based on 1,395 Ziggs vs Yorick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ziggs vs Yorick Matchup Summary
Best Ziggs vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yorick as Ziggs
Tips for Playing as Ziggs against Yorick
Even if you're far from a fight you can still help from afar with Mega Inferno Bomb.
Slowing your enemies with Hexplosive Minefield makes it easier to land other abilities.
Knocking yourself over walls with Satchel Charge can be great when chasing after or escaping from enemies.
Advice to Win Against Yorick
You can cast Smite on Mist Walkers and the Maiden of the Mist to damage or kill them.
You can attack Dark Procession to break the wall down.
Try to thin out Yorick's minions before you engage him, Mist Walkers will die from a basic attack or a single target spell.
Ziggs vs Yorick Counter Stats
How to Counter Yorick with Ziggs in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some significant Ziggs versus Yorick matchup stats that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Ziggs’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yorick’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Ziggs may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Yorick..
Ziggs normally has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes less damage than Yorick. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ziggs and Yorick
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Who is Better, Ziggs or Yorick?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ziggs usually loses when taking on Yorick, with a 48.7% win rate. As a result, Ziggs makes a poor counter for Yorick.
While Ziggs does have a lower win rate than Yorick, when facing one another, Ziggs also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Ziggs into Yorick.
Moreover, Ziggs has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yorick. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Ziggs vs Yorick matchups, Yorick is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Ziggs is a somewhat poor counter for Yorick. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Ziggs against Yorick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ziggs in order to counter Yorick during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ziggs most often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Yorick. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Ziggs versus Yorick build include Seraph's Embrace, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Ziggs combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Yorick than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Ziggs had an average win rate of 48.7% when playing against Yorick with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Yorick as Ziggs, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Ziggs vs Yorick counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.7% winrate overall.
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