Hecarim vs Yorick
How to Beat Yorick as Hecarim
based on 2,075 Hecarim vs Yorick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Hecarim vs Yorick Matchup Summary
Best Hecarim vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yorick as Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Hecarim against Yorick
Devastating Charge deals more damage based on the distance traveled. Try using Onslaught of Shadows or Summoner Spells such as Ghost or Flash to maximize this damage.
Spirit of Dread restores Health when nearby enemies take damage, including damage dealt by allies. Cast this during a large fight to maximize Hecarim's survivability.
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.
Hecarim vs Yorick Counter Stats
How to Counter Yorick with Hecarim in LoL
The stats shown here show several vital Hecarim vs. Yorick counter stats that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Hecarim’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Yorick’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Hecarim may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Yorick..
Hecarim often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Yorick. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Hecarim and Yorick
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Who is Better, Hecarim or Yorick?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Hecarim usually loses when taking on Yorick, with a 48.4% win rate. Thus, Hecarim makes a poor counter to Yorick.
While Hecarim does have a lower winrate compared to Yorick, when they face off with one another, Hecarim also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Hecarim into Yorick.
Furthermore, Hecarim also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yorick. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Hecarim vs Yorick matchups, Yorick is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Hecarim is a somewhat poor counter for Yorick. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Hecarim against Yorick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Hecarim to counter Yorick during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Hecarim typically gets a lot less CS compared to Yorick. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Hecarim versus Yorick build consist of Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Death's Dance. When Hecarim incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Yorick than with many other common builds. In fact, Hecarim had an average win rate of 48.4% when countering Yorick with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Yorick as Hecarim, Hecarim players should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Hecarim vs Yorick counters, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.4% winrate overall.
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