Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
The stats shown here feature several critical Xayah vs. Yorick counter stats that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Yorick’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Yorick..
Xayah normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Yorick. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xayah usually loses when trying to fight Yorick, with a 47.8% win rate. As a result, Xayah makes a bad counter for Yorick.
While Xayah does have a lower win rate than Yorick, when facing one another, Xayah also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Xayah into Yorick.
Moreover, Xayah has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yorick. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Yorick matchups, Yorick is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Xayah is a trash counter to Yorick. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xayah against Yorick.
To truly master Xayah in order to counter Yorick during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah often gets a similar amount of CS as Yorick. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Xayah versus Yorick build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better countering Yorick than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Xayah boasted an average winrate of 47.8% battling Yorick with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Yorick as Xayah, Xayah players should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Xayah vs Yorick LoL games, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Yorick as Xayah are presented for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.