If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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.
The stats provided here emphasize several influential Draven vs. Yorick matchup statistics that can help you figure out the distinctions between the pair. Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Yorick’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Yorick. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Draven typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Yorick. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Draven usually loses when facing off against Yorick, with a 48.8% win rate. Thus, Draven makes a bad counter for Yorick.
While Draven does have a lower win rate than Yorick, when on opposite teams, Draven also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Draven into Yorickas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Draven has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yorick. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Draven vs Yorick matchups, Yorick is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Draven is a somewhat poor counter to Yorick. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Draven against Yorick.
If you would like to truly master Draven to counter Yorick during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Yorick. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Draven versus Yorick build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Rapid Firecannon. When Draven included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Yorick than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Draven had an average winrate of 48.8% battling Yorick with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Yorick as Draven, Draven players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Draven vs Yorick counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Yorick as Draven are presented for all skill levels, merged. To scope the stats and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.