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.
Mordekaiser builds up a powerful damage aura when fighting champions, so keep your distance.
Realm of Death will cut you off from your teammates completely. Try to save mobility spells to escape Mordekaiser once inside
Damage he deals can be converted into a large shield, and consumed for health
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some valuable Yorick against Mordekaiser matchup statistics that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Mordekaiser’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Mordekaiser..
Yorick normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Mordekaiser. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Yorick usually loses when facing off against Mordekaiser, with a 47.9% win rate. Thus, Yorick makes a poor counter for Mordekaiser.
While Yorick does have a lower win rate than Mordekaiser, when they face off with one another, Yorick also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Yorick into Mordekaiser.
Furthermore, Yorick has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Mordekaiser. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Mordekaiser matchups, Mordekaiser is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Yorick is a bad counter for Mordekaiser. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yorick against Mordekaiser.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yorick in order to counter Mordekaiser during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick typically accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Mordekaiser. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to have in your Yorick versus Mordekaiser build include Trinity Force, Sundered Sky, and Serylda's Grudge. When Yorick combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Mordekaiser than with many other typical builds. In fact, Yorick boasted an average win rate of 47.9% when countering Mordekaiser with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Mordekaiser as Yorick, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Approach Velocity, Demolish, and Bone Plating runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Yorick vs Mordekaiser battles, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.9% win rate overall.
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