Yorick vs Brand
How to Beat Brand as Yorick
based on 5,377 Yorick vs Brand matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Brand Matchup Summary
Best Yorick vs Brand Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Brand as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Brand
You do not need to cast Awakening to regain the ability to cast Last Rites.
You can send the Maiden down a lane alone, be careful though, as she represents a large portion of your combat power.
The Maiden will attempt to assist you in a fight, so choose your targets well.
Advice to Win Against Brand
Brand's passive allows him to excel against teams that cluster together. Be sure to split up against him.
Brand must land an ability before his combo is able to get started. Dodging his Sear or Pillar of Flame will disrupt his rhythm.
Try to move away from allies when you see Pyroclasm being cast. The initial missile speed is slow, which should give your team time to react.
Yorick vs Brand Counter Stats
How to Counter Brand with Yorick in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some valuable Yorick against Brand matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Brand’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Brand..
Yorick normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Brand. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yorick and Brand
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Who is Better, Yorick or Brand?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Yorick usually fairs equally well when playing against Brand, with a 49.3% win rate. As a result, Yorick makes an ok counter for Brand.
While Yorick does have a lower winrate than Brand, when they face off with one another, Yorick also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Yorick into Brand.
Furthermore, Yorick also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Brand. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Brand matchups, Brand is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Yorick is a somewhat poor counter to Brand. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Yorick against Brand.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Yorick to counter Brand during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick most often gets more CS compared to Brand. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Yorick versus Brand build include Trinity Force, Force of Nature, and Sundered Sky. When Yorick used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Brand than with many other common builds. In fact, Yorick boasted an average winrate of 49.3% battling Brand with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Brand as Yorick, Yorick players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Yorick vs Brand counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.3% win rate overall.
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