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.
Using Rupture on creeps in combination with Carnivore is a good way to gain Health and Mana.
If you're having difficulty feasting upon champions, try eating minions until you're larger.
Try to line up your attacks with Vorpal Spikes so that they kill minions and harass enemy champions at the same time.
The Yorick Cho'Gath synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Cho'Gath, 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 Cho'Gath. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Cho'Gath helps Yorick perform worse in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Yorick is paired with Cho'Gath, he sees a small increase in his full damage output. This change could signal that Cho'Gath supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Yorick is played together with Cho'Gath on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Cho'Gath. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Cho'Gath.
Additionally, when Yorick plays with Cho'Gath on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Cho'Gath does a poor job of protecting Yorick during teamfights.
There is no one best ally for Yorick that will no matter what be his best ally. However, Cho'Gath is a great companion for Yorick. By being on the same team as Yorick, he increases their win rate by 3.7% to 54.0%. This proves that there is a very strong bond between Yorick and Cho'Gath that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Cho'Gath has a lower difficulty than Yorick. That means Yorick players don't need to be careful when enlisting Cho'Gath comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing alongside, Yorick players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to soak up damage. Combined, these champs will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Conversely, by grouping Yorick and Cho'Gath together, you may not be giving your other allies much support. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Cho'Gath ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Yorick in order to work well with Cho'Gath during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to build first in your Yorick and Cho'Gath synergy build include Serylda's Grudge, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Yorick combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Cho'Gath than with most other common item sets. In fact, Yorick had an average winrate of 54.0% when playing alongside Cho'Gath with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, you 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 sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 54.0% win rate overall.
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