Heimerdinger vs Yorick
How to Beat Yorick as Heimerdinger
based on 1,584 Heimerdinger vs Yorick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Yorick Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yorick as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Yorick
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
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.
Heimerdinger vs Yorick Counter Stats
How to Counter Yorick with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some strategic Heimerdinger vs. Yorick matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yorick’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Yorick..
Heimerdinger often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Yorick. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Yorick
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Yorick?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually loses when playing against Yorick, with a 48.4% win rate. Thus, Heimerdinger makes a bad counter to Yorick.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower win rate than Yorick, when they face off with one another, Heimerdinger also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Heimerdinger into Yorickas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yorick. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Yorick matchups, Yorick is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Heimerdinger is a somewhat poor counter for Yorick. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Heimerdinger against Yorick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger to counter Yorick during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Yorick. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Heimerdinger versus Yorick build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better countering Yorick than with many other typical builds. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average win rate of 48.4% when playing against Yorick with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Yorick as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Heimerdinger vs Yorick LoL games, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.4% win rate overall.
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