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.
Despair is very effective against other tanks, so make sure you're in range of opponents with the highest Health.
Amumu is highly dependent on teammates, so try laning with your friends for maximum effectiveness.
Cooldown Reduction on Amumu is very strong, but it's often difficult to itemize for it. Grab the Golem buff whenever possible to gain Cooldown Reduction without sacrificing stats.
The Yorick Amumu synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Amumu, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Yorick sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Amumu. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Amumu helps Yorick perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Yorick tries to synergize with Amumu, he observes a marginal improvement in his total damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Amumu supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Yorick is played alongside Amumu on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Amumu.
Moreover, when Yorick plays with Amumu on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Amumu does a decent job of covering Yorick in team fights.
There is no top ally for Yorick that will always be his best synergy. Yet, overall, Amumu is a good teammate for Yorick. By being on the same side as Yorick, he increases their win rate by 1.8% to 52.1%. This proves that there is a good strategic relationship between Yorick and Amumu that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Amumu has a much lower diffuclty than Yorick. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Amumu allies to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Playing together, Yorick players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Together, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by bringing Yorick and Amumu together, you may not be granting your side a great deal of sustained damage output. Plan to include other champs on your team that offsets this relative gap in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Amumu ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
If you would like to truly master Yorick to synergize with Amumu during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to master a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to build first in your Yorick and Amumu synergy build include Trinity Force, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Yorick incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Amumu than with many other common item sets. In fact, Yorick boasted an average winrate of 52.1% helping carry Amumu with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, Yorick players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Demolish runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Yorick and Amumu pairings, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.1% winrate overall.
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