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.
Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.
The Yorick Graves synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Graves, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Graves. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Graves helps Yorick perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Yorick is paired with Graves, he gets a little decrease in his full damage dealt. This change may indicate that Graves does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Yorick is played alongside Graves on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Graves.
Moreover, when Yorick plays with Graves on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Graves does a decent job of protecting Yorick in teamfights.
There is no one best synergy for Yorick that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. However, overall, Graves is a not very good teammate for Yorick. By being on the same side as Yorick, he drops their win rate by -1.2% to 49.1%. This clearly indicates that there is a negative strategic relationship between Yorick and Graves that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Graves has a much lower diffuclty than Yorick. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Graves allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to work well with you.
When playing on the same side, Yorick players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by bringing Yorick and Graves together, you may not be giving your side much utility. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in their abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Graves teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Yorick in order to synergize with Graves during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to build first in your Yorick and Graves synergy build include Trinity Force, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Yorick used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Graves than with most other common item sets. In fact, Yorick had an average win rate of 49.1% when playing alongside Graves with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Yorick players should take 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 combinations players used for Yorick and Graves pairings, this order of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.1% winrate overall.
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