Yorick with Gwen
How to Synergize Yorick and Gwen
based on 493 Yorick with Gwen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Yorick Gwen Synergy Summary
Best Yorick vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Yorick and Gwen
Tips for Playing as Yorick with Gwen
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 Understand How Gwen Will Play
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
Yorick Gwen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gwen as Yorick in LoL
The Yorick Gwen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gwen, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Yorick sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gwen. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Gwen helps Yorick perform worse in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Yorick is an ally to Gwen, he observes a little decrease in his complete damage output. This difference may indicate that Gwen doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Yorick is played together with Gwen on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Gwen.
Additionally, when Yorick plays with Gwen on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Gwen does a decent job of protecting Yorick during team fights.
Synergies between Yorick and Gwen
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Is Yorick better when played alongside Gwen?
There is no perfect companion for Yorick that will no matter what be his best teammate. However, overall, Gwen is a very bad ally for Yorick. By playing on the same side as Yorick, she decreases their win rate by -5.9% to 44.4%. This clearly indicates that there is a terrible bond between Yorick and Gwen that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Gwen has a lower difficulty than Yorick. That means you don't need to be careful when enlisting Gwen comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working on the same side, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by bringing Yorick and Gwen together, you may not be giving your team enough crowd control. We recommend you have other champions on your team that fills this disparity in their potential.
Regardless of your Gwen ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Yorick in order to pair well with Gwen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to use in your Yorick and Gwen synergy build consist of The Collector, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Yorick used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Gwen than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Yorick had an average win rate of 44.4% helping carry Gwen with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Yorick players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Demolish runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for this champion pairing, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 44.4% win rate overall.
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