Malzahar vs Yorick
How to Beat Yorick as Malzahar
based on 3,036 Malzahar vs Yorick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Yorick Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yorick as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Yorick
Use Call of the Void and Nether Grasp to renew the duration of Malefic Visions on enemies.
Wait to cast Void Swarm until there are nearby enemies for the Voidling to attack or kill.
Avoiding damage in lane maximizes the uptime on Void Shift, increasing Malzahar's safety dramatically.
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.
Malzahar vs Yorick Counter Stats
How to Counter Yorick with Malzahar in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some vital Malzahar vs. Yorick counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences between the two. As an example, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yorick’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Yorick..
Malzahar normally has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Yorick. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malzahar and Yorick
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Yorick?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malzahar usually loses when taking on Yorick, with a 48.6% win rate. Therefore, Malzahar makes a bad counter to Yorick.
While Malzahar does have a lower winrate compared to Yorick, when on opposite teams, Malzahar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Malzahar into Yorick.
Additionally, Malzahar also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yorick. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Yorick matchups, Yorick is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Malzahar is a somewhat poor counter to Yorick. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Malzahar against Yorick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar in order to counter Yorick during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Yorick. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Malzahar versus Yorick build include Seraph's Embrace, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Yorick than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 48.6% battling Yorick with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Yorick as Malzahar, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Malzahar vs Yorick clashes, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.6% winrate overall.
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