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Yorick vs Kog'Maw

How to Beat Kog'Maw as Yorick in LoLYorick is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kog'Maw as Yorick

based on 723 Yorick vs Kog'Maw matchups
Win Rate
52.3 %
K/D/A
1.61
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked League matches each week. Within our data, Yorick did battle with Kog'Maw in 723 rounds. With so many games with Yorick versus Kog'Maw gives us a lot of faith in our ability to prepare informative stats and a supported build to shatter Kog'Maw. This champ matchup is fairly rare. Yorick encounters Kog'Maw in only 0.8% of his rounds.

Yorick vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary

Yorick does a good job of beating Kog'Maw. Normally, he wins a whopping 52.3% of the time the champions fight each other in. In Yorick against Kog'Maw games, Yorick’s side is 0.1% less expected to obtain first blood. This implies that he most likely won't get first blood against Kog'Maw.

Best Yorick vs Kog'Maw Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordGlowing Mote

Core Yorick Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceHullbreakerSundered Sky

Optional Items

EclipseSterak's GageTitanic HydraSerylda's Grudge

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Yorick to level upq
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Second ability for Yorick to level upe
>
Last skill for Yorick to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
ResolveDemolishBone Plating
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Yorick's passive ability p
Yorick's q ability q
Yorick's w ability w
Yorick's e ability e
Yorick's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
3
W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Yorick

Tips for Playing as Yorick against Kog'Maw

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 Kog'Maw

The range on Living Artillery increases each rank.

Run away from Kog'Maw after he dies!!!!

Kog'Maw doesn't have a good escape ability, so he is especially prone to ganks.

Bio-Arcane Barrage allows Kog'Maw to kill Baron Nashor extremely early. It can be valuable to ward Nashor when Kog'Maw completes his Blade of the Ruined King.

Yorick vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats

Yorick Image
Win Rate
52.3 %
VS
Win Rate
47.7 %
Kog'Maw Image
4.5
< Kills >
7.4
5.6
< Deaths >
6.7
4.5
< Assists >
6.7
1.03
< Killing Sprees >
1.73
190
< Minions Killed >
167
0.16
< Dragons Killed >
0.17
0.89
< Inhibitors >
0.47
14,087
< Physical Damage >
9,878
7,277
< Magic Damage >
12,704
507
< True Damage >
2,630
21,872
< Damage Dealt >
25,213
28,702
< Damage Taken >
21,861
12,697
< Gold Earned >
12,311
3.73
< Towers >
2.06
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
7,394
< Total Healing >
5,684
15,900
< Experience >
13,331
17
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
9
212
< Time Dealing CC >
312

How to Counter Kog'Maw with Yorick in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several vital Yorick vs. Kog'Maw counter stats that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kog'Maw’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kog'Maw..

Yorick normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Kog'Maw. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Yorick and Kog'Maw

Damage Types Compared

Yorick
Kog'Maw
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Yorick
Kog'Maw

Who is Better, Yorick or Kog'Maw?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Yorick usually wins when trying to fight Kog'Maw, with a 52.3% win rate. Therefore, Yorick makes a good counter for Kog'Maw.

While Yorick does have a higher winrate compared to Kog'Maw, when facing one another, Yorick also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Yorick into Kog'Maw.

Furthermore, Yorick has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kog'Maw. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Kog'Maw matchups, Yorick is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Yorick is an above average counter to Kog'Maw. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Yorick against Kog'Maw.

Other Champion Matchups Against Yorick

Yorick Loses Against

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Yorick Wins Against

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Additional Information for Yorick Players

How We Calculated Our Yorick vs Kog'Maw Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kog'Maw as Yorick, we analyzed 723 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Kog'Maw as Yorick comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Yorick Build Kog'Maw Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Yorick in order to counter Kog'Maw during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Yorick usually gets a similar amount of CS as Kog'Maw. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The best items to use in your Yorick versus Kog'Maw build include Trinity Force, Hullbreaker, and Sundered Sky. When Yorick incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Kog'Maw than with most other common item sets. In fact, Yorick boasted an average win rate of 52.3% when playing against Kog'Maw with this build.

To have the best probability of annihilating Kog'Maw as Yorick, Yorick players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Demolish runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Yorick vs Kog'Maw matchups, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.3% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Kog'Maw as Yorick are displayed for all ranked divisions. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to an individual division, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.