Kayn with Yorick
How to Synergize Kayn and Yorick
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Kayn Yorick Synergy Summary
Best Kayn vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kayn and Yorick
Tips for Playing as Kayn with Yorick
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
Advice to Understand How Yorick Will Play
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.
Kayn Yorick Synergy Stats
How to Play with Yorick as Kayn in LoL
The Kayn Yorick synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Yorick, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Kayn sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Yorick. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Yorick helps Kayn perform not as well in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kayn plays on the same team as Yorick, he observes a measurable drop in his complete damage output. This difference could indicate that Yorick does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Kayn is played with Yorick on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Yorick.
Additionally, when Kayn plays with Yorick on the same side, he usually takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Yorick does a decent job of covering Kayn during team fights.
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Is Kayn better when played alongside Yorick?
There is no one best ally for Kayn that will no matter what be his best synergy. However, overall, Yorick is a very typical ally for Kayn. By being on the same team as Kayn, he raises their win rate by 0.3% to 49.5%. This shows that there is only a small strategic relationship between Kayn and Yorick that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Yorick has a lower difficulty than Kayn. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Yorick comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working cooperatively, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. When paired, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by pairing Kayn and Yorick together, you will not be giving your team much AP. Plan to include other champions on your team that helps cover this hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Yorick ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Kayn to pair well with Yorick during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The best items to have in your Kayn and Yorick synergy build include Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Kayn incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Yorick than with many other common builds. In fact, Kayn had an average win rate of 49.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Yorick with this build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing your oponents, Kayn players should take the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players used for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.5% win rate overall.
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