Yorick with Nidalee
How to Synergize Yorick and Nidalee
based on 608 Yorick with Nidalee pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Yorick Nidalee Synergy Summary
Best Yorick vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Yorick and Nidalee
Tips for Playing as Yorick with Nidalee
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 Nidalee Will Play
Use brush to your advantage! Moving in and out of brush can heavily alter your effectiveness in battle.
Start team fights by harassing with your Javelin Toss, and then switch to cougar form to chase down Hunted targets.
Bushwhack traps deal damage based on their victim's current Health. Set them up in your team's backline before fights break out during sieges to help your team deal damage to the enemy frontline.
Yorick Nidalee Synergy Stats
How to Play with Nidalee as Yorick in LoL
The Yorick Nidalee synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nidalee, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nidalee. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Nidalee helps Yorick perform poorer in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Yorick is paired with Nidalee, he gets a little decrease in his full damage output. This change could signal that Nidalee does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Yorick is played with Nidalee on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Nidalee. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Nidalee.
Moreover, when Yorick plays with Nidalee on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Nidalee does a decent job of covering Yorick during teamfights.
Synergies between Yorick and Nidalee
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Is Yorick better when played alongside Nidalee?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Yorick that will always be his #1 teammate. However, Nidalee is a very bad ally for Yorick. By being on the same team as Yorick, she drops their win rate by -5.2% to 45.1%. This signals that there is a terrible bond between Yorick and Nidalee that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Nidalee has a greater difficulty than Yorick. That means you must be careful when arranging Nidalee teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
When playing together, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by bringing Yorick and Nidalee together, you will not be providing your team much support. Plan to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this gap in their potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Nidalee ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Yorick to pair well with Nidalee during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to have in your Yorick and Nidalee synergy build include Serylda's Grudge, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Yorick incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Nidalee than with many other common item sets. In fact, Yorick had an average win rate of 45.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Nidalee with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Demolish runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Yorick and Nidalee pairings, this composite of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 45.1% winrate overall.
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