Vladimir vs Yorick
How to Beat Yorick as Vladimir
based on 2,310 Vladimir vs Yorick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vladimir vs Yorick Matchup Summary
Best Vladimir vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yorick as Vladimir
Tips for Playing as Vladimir against Yorick
Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.
Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.
Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.
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.
Vladimir vs Yorick Counter Stats
How to Counter Yorick with Vladimir in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several critical Vladimir vs. Yorick matchup statistics that may help you interpret the differences between this set of champions. For instance, Vladimir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yorick’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Vladimir may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Yorick..
Vladimir normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Yorick. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vladimir and Yorick
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Who is Better, Vladimir or Yorick?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vladimir usually loses when facing off against Yorick, with a 47.5% win rate. Therefore, Vladimir makes a bad counter to Yorick.
While Vladimir does have a lower win rate compared to Yorick, when on opposite teams, Vladimir also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Vladimir into Yorickas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vladimir has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yorick. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Vladimir 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 teammates during team fights.
Vladimir is a trash counter for Yorick. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vladimir against Yorick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vladimir in order 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vladimir most often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Yorick. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Vladimir versus Yorick build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff, and Riftmaker. When Vladimir included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Yorick than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Vladimir had an average win rate of 47.5% battling Yorick with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Yorick as Vladimir, Vladimir players should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Vladimir vs Yorick battles, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.5% win rate overall.
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