Kayn with Yorick
How to Synergize Kayn and Yorick
based on 2,085 Kayn with Yorick pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kayn Yorick Synergy Summary
Best Kayn Yorick Synergy Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kayn and Yorick
Tips for Playing as Kayn with Yorick
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Advice to Understand How Yorick Will Play
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.
Kayn Yorick Synergy Stats
How to Play with Yorick as Kayn in LoL
The Kayn Yorick synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Yorick, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Kayn sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Yorick. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Yorick helps Kayn perform poorer in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kayn is an ally to Yorick, he gets a little drop in his complete damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Yorick does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Kayn is played alongside Yorick on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Yorick.
Moreover, when Kayn plays with Yorick on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Yorick does a decent job of protecting Kayn during teamfights.
Synergies between Kayn and Yorick
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Is Kayn better when played alongside Yorick?
There is no one best companion for Kayn that will 100% of the time be his top ally. Yet, Yorick is a decent teammate for Kayn. By locking into the same team as Kayn, he raises their win rate by 1.2% to 51.6%. This demonstrates that there is a good strategic relationship between Kayn and Yorick that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Yorick has a lower difficulty than Kayn. That means Kayn players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Yorick allies to play with, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working cooperatively, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Together, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by bringing Kayn and Yorick together, you probably will not be giving your team a great deal of magic damage. We recommend you have other champions on your team that offsets this disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Yorick ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Kayn to pair well with Yorick during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to use in your Kayn and Yorick synergy build include Prowler's Claw, Muramana, and Serylda's Grudge. When Kayn bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Yorick than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kayn boasted an average winrate of 51.6% when playing alongside Yorick with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Kayn players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Kayn and Yorick pairings, this mixture of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.6% winrate overall.
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