Skarner vs Yorick
How to Beat Yorick as Skarner
based on 307 Skarner vs Yorick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Yorick Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yorick as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Yorick
Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.
Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.
Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights 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.
Skarner vs Yorick Counter Stats
How to Counter Yorick with Skarner in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some important Skarner vs. Yorick counter stats that can help you distinguish the differences between the two. Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Yorick’s ratio of NaN, showing that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Yorick..
Skarner normally has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Yorick. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Skarner and Yorick
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Who is Better, Skarner or Yorick?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Skarner usually loses when facing off against Yorick, with a 48.5% win rate. Thus, Skarner makes a bad counter to Yorick.
While Skarner does have a lower win rate than Yorick, when on opposite teams, Skarner also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Skarner into Yorick.
Additionally, Skarner 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 trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Yorick matchups, Yorick is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Skarner is a somewhat poor counter to Yorick. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Skarner against Yorick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Skarner in order to counter Yorick during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner typically racks up a lot less CS relative to Yorick. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Skarner versus Yorick build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Yorick than with many other common builds. In fact, Skarner boasted an average win rate of 48.5% battling Yorick with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Yorick as Skarner, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Skarner vs Yorick counters, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.5% winrate overall.
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