Yorick vs Galio
How to Beat Galio as Yorick
based on 2,272 Yorick vs Galio matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Galio Matchup Summary
Best Yorick vs Galio Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Galio as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Galio
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 Galio
Galio cannot traverse walls with Justice Punch.
Galio moves slower when he is charging Shield of Durand.
Hero's Entrance can be interrupted before Galio jumps into the air.
Yorick vs Galio Counter Stats
How to Counter Galio with Yorick in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some valuable Yorick against Galio counter stats that may help you interpret the differences between this pair of champions. As an example, Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Galio’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Galio..
Yorick normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Galio. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yorick and Galio
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Who is Better, Yorick or Galio?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Yorick usually loses when taking on Galio, with a 48.9% win rate. Therefore, Yorick makes a bad counter to Galio.
While Yorick does have a lower win rate compared to Galio, when facing one another, Yorick also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Yorick into Galio.
Moreover, Yorick has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Galio. 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 Yorick vs Galio matchups, Galio is the better champion with a lower 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 Galio. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Yorick against Galio.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Yorick to counter Galio 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 pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Galio. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Yorick versus Galio build consist of Spear of Shojin, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Yorick used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting Galio than with many other typical builds. In fact, Yorick had an average winrate of 48.9% when countering Galio with this build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Galio as Yorick, Yorick players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Legend: Bloodline, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Yorick vs Galio clashes, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.9% win rate overall.
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