Yorick vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Yorick
based on 4,278 Yorick vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Yorick vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Kayn
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 Kayn
When Kayn is in terrain near you, you will get a visual warning on the edge of the terrain he's in.
Umbral Trespass requires Kayn to damage a target first. Try to dodge Blade's Reach to deny him a long range cast of Umbral Trespass.
Damage Kayn while he's in Shadow Step to shorten its duration, or apply hard crowd control (stun, charm, knockup, etc) to end Shadow Step immediately.
Yorick vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Yorick in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some strategic Yorick versus Kayn matchup statistics that may help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kayn..
Yorick often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Kayn. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yorick and Kayn
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Who is Better, Yorick or Kayn?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Yorick usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kayn, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Yorick makes an ok counter for Kayn.
While Yorick does have a higher winrate than Kayn, when they face off with one another, Yorick also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Yorick into Kayn.
Moreover, Yorick has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayn. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Kayn matchups, Yorick is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Yorick is a decent counter to Kayn. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Yorick against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Yorick in order to counter Kayn during both the laning 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 mind the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick on average picks up much more CS as Kayn. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Yorick versus Kayn build include The Collector, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Yorick included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Kayn than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Yorick boasted an average winrate of 50.5% battling Kayn with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Kayn as Yorick, Yorick players should equip 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 builds players chose for Yorick vs Kayn counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.5% winrate overall.
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