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League of Legends Champion YorickYorick is in the b tier of champions

Yorick

FighterTank
Yorick is a fighterRolefighter
DifficultyAverage
Power SpikeEarly-Game
Shepherd of Souls abilityp
Last Rites abilityq
Dark Procession abilityw
Mourning Mist abilitye
Eulogy of the Isles abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
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Yorick Build

based on 89,117 matches
Win Rate
50.7 %
Pick Rate
5.8 %
Ban Rate
10.5 %

How We Come Up with Our Yorick Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Yorick build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Yorick builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Yorick core items and runes for any situation.

Yorick Build Summary

Yorick is a an average top lane champ in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Precision Resolve. Adding the highlighted runes shown below into your Yorick build will give you the additional bonuses to help him play well through the laning phase of the match and into the late game. Yorick players should focus on building up his q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Yorick

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordDoran's Shield

Early Items

~5 Mins
Caulfield's WarhammerSerrated Dirk

Core Yorick Items

~22 Mins
Duskblade of DraktharrRavenous HydraThe CollectorMercury's Treads

Optional Items

Spear Of ShojinMaw of MalmortiusGuardian AngelTitanic Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerteleport summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Yorick to level upq
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Second ability for Yorick to level upe
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Last skill for Yorick to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorOverhealLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
ResolveDemolishBone Plating
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Yorick's passive ability p
Yorick's q ability q
Yorick's w ability w
Yorick's e ability e
Yorick's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Yorick Matchups Overview

Yorick is Weak Against

KayleKayle44.9% winrateTryndamereTryndamere46.5% winrateIreliaIrelia46.8% winrateKledKled47.2% winrate

Yorick is Strong Against

KennenKennen58.6% winrateHeimerdingerHeimerdinger57.6% winrateK'SanteK'Sante56.8% winrateJayceJayce56.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Heimerdingersupport+ 54.4% 777 GamesSwainmiddle+ 54.8% 857 GamesKarthusbottom+ 55.8% 387 GamesIvernjungle+ 57.1% 555 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Yorick Players

Tips and Tricks

Don't spam your abilities too much because they have high cooldown rates.

Use Dark Procession to escape enemy ganks and also to trap enemies when chasing them down.

The Maiden can be the critical damage necessary to take down enemies so keep her close enough.

Additional Yorick Build Insights

League of Legends Yorick players will likely find him to be a difficult champ to build out properly. You will find that his build changes when he is up against either well-rounded or highly focused team comps, showing you shouldn't follow the same Yorick build every single round of League of Legends

The most critical items to use in your champion's build are: Duskblade of Draktharr, Ravenous Hydra, and The Collector. Those who added these pieces in their gear had a much higher winrate than those who tried for other builds for Yorick. Similarly, if you are battling a mixed enemy team arrangement, you should strongly consider getting him the Precision, and Resolve runes. In recent matches, he won the largest number of his rounds when equipped with these runes.

We came up with our Yorick build recommendations by examining 89,117 recently ranked LoL rounds with him selected. We only propose the top winrate Yorick builds that have been built by ranked gamers enough times for us to advise them. With so many rounds in our dataset, we are very confident in our recommended builds.