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.
The Yorick Briar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Briar, 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 Briar. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Briar helps Yorick perform worse in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Yorick plays on the same team as Briar, he sees a little decrease in his full damage output. This could signal that Briar does not help protection for him to dish out more damage or that their allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Yorick is played together with Briar on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Briar. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Briar.
Moreover, when Yorick plays with Briar on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Briar does a decent job of protecting Yorick in team fights.
There is no one best companion for Yorick that will always be his top synergy. However, Briar is a good ally for Yorick. By playing on the same side as Yorick, they increases their win rate by 2.7% to 53.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a good bond between Yorick and Briar that allows them to perform better together than alone.
Briar has a much lower diffuclty than Yorick. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Briar allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing alongside, Yorick players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Together, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by grouping Yorick and Briar together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates a lot of utility. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that fills this disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Briar ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yorick in order to synergize with Briar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best items to focus on in your Yorick and Briar synergy build include Trinity Force, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Yorick included at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Briar than with most other common item sets. In fact, Yorick had an average winrate of 53.0% when playing alongside Briar with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating your oponents, Yorick players should equip 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 picked for Yorick and Briar pairings, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.0% winrate overall.
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