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How to Win Yorick vs Ziggs Counter MatchupYorick is in the b tier of champions

Yorick vs Ziggs

How to Beat Ziggs as Yorick in LoLYorick is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Ziggs as Yorick

based on 1,395 Yorick vs Ziggs matchups
Win Rate
51.3 %
K/D/A
1.6
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked LoL matches that we review each and every week. This guide on how to beat Ziggs as Yorick came out of an analysis of 1395 ranked rounds where both champs battled one another. This particular matchup is fairly rare. Yorick is forced to battle against Ziggs in only 1.6% of his matches.

Yorick vs Ziggs Matchup Summary

Yorick does a decent job of beating Ziggs. Typically, he wins a acceptable 51.3% of matches the champions fight one another in. In Yorick versus Ziggs games, Yorick’s team is 0.1% less expected to gain first blood. This implies that he most likely won't get first blood against Ziggs.

Best Yorick vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsSheen

Core Yorick Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceTitanic HydraSundered Sky

Optional Items

Sterak's GageSerylda's GrudgeJak'Sho, The ProteanBlack Cleaver

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 ForceHealth Scaling
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
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Ziggs as Yorick

Tips for Playing as Yorick against Ziggs

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 Ziggs

Many of Ziggs' abilities have long cooldowns. Try catching him just after he's used his abilities.

Don't step on Ziggs' mines! They'll slow you and make it much easier for him to hit you with his other abiltiies.

Ziggs' ultimate, Mega Inferno Bomb, deals more damage in the center of the explosion.

Yorick vs Ziggs Counter Stats

Yorick Image
Win Rate
51.3 %
VS
Win Rate
48.7 %
Ziggs Image
4.4
< Kills >
4.8
5.3
< Deaths >
5.2
4.1
< Assists >
7.5
1.02
< Killing Sprees >
1.11
195
< Minions Killed >
168
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.81
< Inhibitors >
0.53
13,981
< Physical Damage >
774
7,374
< Magic Damage >
22,536
506
< True Damage >
343
21,862
< Damage Dealt >
23,653
28,561
< Damage Taken >
16,825
12,648
< Gold Earned >
11,247
3.63
< Towers >
2.84
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
7,624
< Total Healing >
1,606
15,908
< Experience >
13,570
17
< Vision Score >
20
8
< Wards Placed >
10
204
< Time Dealing CC >
273

How to Counter Ziggs with Yorick in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several critical Yorick vs. Ziggs matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ziggs’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Ziggs..

Yorick usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Ziggs. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Yorick and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

Yorick
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Yorick
Ziggs

Who is Better, Yorick or Ziggs?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Yorick usually wins when facing off against Ziggs, with a 51.3% win rate. Therefore, Yorick makes a good counter to Ziggs.

While Yorick does have a higher winrate than Ziggs, when facing one another, Yorick also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Yorick into Ziggs.

Additionally, Yorick has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ziggs. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Ziggs matchups, Yorick is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Yorick is a decent counter for Ziggs. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Yorick against Ziggs.

Other Champion Matchups Against Yorick

Yorick Loses Against

TrundleTrundle44.9% winrateIreliaIrelia45.3% winrateMaokaiMaokai46.2% winrateZyraZyra46.2% winrate

Yorick Wins Against

YuumiYuumi59.3% winrateNidaleeNidalee56.1% winrateIllaoiIllaoi55.9% winrateZeriZeri55.5% winrate

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Additional Information for Yorick Players

How We Calculated Our Yorick vs Ziggs Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ziggs as Yorick, we analyzed 1,395 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 Ziggs 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 Ziggs Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yorick to counter Ziggs during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Yorick typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Ziggs. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Yorick versus Ziggs build consist of Trinity Force, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Yorick combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Ziggs than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Yorick had an average winrate of 51.3% when playing against Ziggs with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of defeating Ziggs as Yorick, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Demolish runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Yorick vs Ziggs clashes, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.3% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Ziggs as Yorick are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.