Yorick vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Yorick
based on 4,892 Yorick vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Yorick vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Lucian
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 Lucian
Lucian cannot change the aim of The Culling. Take advantage of this by avoiding the angle of the bullets.
Lucian has strong burst, but little sustained damage.
Piercing Light does not give Lucian extra Attack Range. He still needs to find a target in range to line up his shot. Avoid Piercing Light by anticipating the angle Lucian will choose.
Yorick vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Yorick in LoL
The stats provided here feature some significant Yorick vs. Lucian matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lucian’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Lucian..
Yorick normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Lucian. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yorick and Lucian
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Who is Better, Yorick or Lucian?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Yorick usually wins when taking on Lucian, with a 51.8% win rate. Thus, Yorick makes a good counter for Lucian.
While Yorick does have a higher winrate than Lucian, when they face off with one another, Yorick also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Yorick into Lucian.
Furthermore, Yorick has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lucian. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Lucian matchups, Yorick is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Yorick is a decent counter for Lucian. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Yorick against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Yorick to counter Lucian 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 stats presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Lucian. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Yorick versus Lucian build consist of Trinity Force, Sundered Sky, and Serylda's Grudge. When Yorick included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Lucian than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Yorick had an average winrate of 51.8% when playing against Lucian with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Lucian 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 rune builds that we analyzed for Yorick vs Lucian battles, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.8% win rate overall.
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