Yorick vs Irelia
How to Beat Irelia as Yorick
based on 2,916 Yorick vs Irelia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Irelia Matchup Summary
Best Yorick vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Irelia
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 Irelia
Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.
Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.
Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.
Yorick vs Irelia Counter Stats
How to Counter Irelia with Yorick in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several influential Yorick versus Irelia matchup stats that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Irelia’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Irelia..
Yorick usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Irelia. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yorick and Irelia
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Who is Better, Yorick or Irelia?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Yorick usually loses when trying to fight Irelia, with a 45.3% win rate. Therefore, Yorick makes a poor counter to Irelia.
While Yorick does have a much lower win rate compared to Irelia, when on opposite teams, Yorick also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Yorick into Irelia.
Moreover, Yorick also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Irelia. 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 overall in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Irelia matchups, Irelia is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Yorick is a garbage counter to Irelia. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yorick against Irelia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Yorick to counter Irelia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick usually accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Irelia. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Yorick versus Irelia build consist of The Collector, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Yorick bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs. Irelia than with most other typical builds. In fact, Yorick boasted an average winrate of 45.3% when playing against Irelia with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing Irelia as Yorick, you 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. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Yorick vs Irelia counter picks, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 45.3% winrate overall.
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