Yorick vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Yorick
based on 2,108 Yorick vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
Best Yorick vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Nunu & Willump
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 Nunu & Willump
Interrupting the charge up on Absolute Zero will lower the amount of damage your team takes.
Using Summoner Flash is a surefire way to escape Absolute Zero.
Biggest Snowball Ever moves very fast but cannot turn as quickly, so don't try to escape it by running away in a straight line. Instead, make sudden, sharp turns.
Yorick vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Yorick in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some influential Yorick versus Nunu & Willump counter stats that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between these two champs. As an example, Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nunu & Willump’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nunu & Willump..
Yorick usually has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Nunu & Willump. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Yorick or Nunu & Willump?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Yorick usually wins when facing off against Nunu & Willump, with a 55.5% win rate. Therefore, Yorick makes a fantastic counter for Nunu & Willump.
While Yorick does have a much higher win rate compared to Nunu & Willump, when they face off with one another, Yorick also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Yorick into Nunu & Willump.
Furthermore, Yorick also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Yorick is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Yorick is a great counter for Nunu & Willump. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yorick against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yorick to counter Nunu & Willump during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick usually racks up much more CS compared to Nunu & Willump. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Yorick versus Nunu & Willump build consist of Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Yorick incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Nunu & Willump than with many other common item sets. In fact, Yorick boasted an average winrate of 55.5% battling Nunu & Willump with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Nunu & Willump 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. Of all the rune builds players chose for Yorick vs Nunu & Willump battles, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 55.5% winrate overall.
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