Caitlyn vs Yorick
How to Beat Yorick as Caitlyn
based on 9,128 Caitlyn vs Yorick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Yorick Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yorick as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Yorick
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Yorick Counter Stats
How to Counter Yorick with Caitlyn in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some influential Caitlyn versus Yorick matchup stats that may help us interpret the distinctions between the pair. Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Yorick’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Yorick..
Caitlyn usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she receives less damage than Yorick. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Caitlyn and Yorick
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Yorick?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when facing off against Yorick, with a 49.2% win rate. As a result, Caitlyn makes an ok counter to Yorick.
While Caitlyn does have a lower win rate than Yorick, when on opposite teams, Caitlyn also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Caitlyn into Yorick.
Moreover, Caitlyn has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yorick. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Yorick matchups, Yorick is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Caitlyn is a somewhat poor counter for Yorick. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Caitlyn against Yorick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn in order to counter Yorick during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn typically picks up a similar amount of CS as Yorick. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Caitlyn versus Yorick build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Axiom Arc. When Caitlyn combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better versus Yorick than with most other common item sets. In fact, Caitlyn had an average winrate of 49.2% battling Yorick with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Yorick as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Caitlyn vs Yorick counters, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.2% winrate overall.
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