Yorick with Karthus
How to Synergize Yorick and Karthus
based on 1,065 Yorick with Karthus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Yorick Karthus Synergy Summary
Best Yorick vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Yorick and Karthus
Tips for Playing as Yorick with Karthus
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.
Advice to Understand How Karthus Will Play
Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.
Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.
Yorick Karthus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Karthus as Yorick in LoL
The Yorick Karthus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Karthus, 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 Karthus. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Karthus helps Yorick perform not as well in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Yorick plays on the same team as Karthus, he observes a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This could signal that Karthus provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Yorick is played with Karthus on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Karthus. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Karthus.
Additionally, when Yorick plays with Karthus on the same team, he often takes more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could mean that Karthus does a poor job of protecting Yorick during team fights.
Synergies between Yorick and Karthus
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Is Yorick better when played alongside Karthus?
There is no one best synergy for Yorick that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. However, Karthus is a relatively poor teammate for Yorick. By being on the same side as Yorick, he lowers their win rate by -1.9% to 48.4%. This proves that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Yorick and Karthus that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Karthus has a greater difficulty than Yorick. That means you should be cautious when lining up Karthus allies to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to play well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Yorick players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by aligning Yorick and Karthus together, you will not be granting your team a lot of utility. Make sure to include other champs on your team that neutralizes this disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Karthus ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Yorick in order to pair well with Karthus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best items to build first in your Yorick and Karthus synergy build consist of Trinity Force, Hullbreaker, and Sundered Sky. When Yorick combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Karthus than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Yorick had an average win rate of 48.4% helping carry Karthus with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Demolish runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Yorick and Karthus pairings, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.4% win rate overall.
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