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How to Synergize Yorick with Kassadin on the Same TeamYorick is in the b tier of champions

Yorick with Kassadin

How to Win With Yorick and Kassadin Paired TogetherYorick is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Yorick and Kassadin

based on 1,029 Yorick with Kassadin pairs
Win Rate
49.2 %
K/D/A
1.51
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the stats from from millions of LoL games directly from Riot Games each and every week. Yorick has been on the same team as Kassadin in 1029 recent, competitive games. By pooling so much complete data directly from the creators of League of Legends, we are completely sure that we can showcase high quality, usable builds to help Yorick play with Kassadin. It is very rare for Yorick to play alongside Kassadin as teammates. This pairing has only occurred in about 1.1% of games with Yorick.

Yorick Kassadin Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Yorick has done a poor job of playing alongside Kassadin. On average, he wins an acceptable 49.2% of matches the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to maximize your potential as Yorick when playing alongside Kassadin by learning how to better synergize your play style with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Yorick vs Kassadin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordTunneler

Core Yorick Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverTrinity ForceHullbreaker

Optional Items

Spear of ShojinSerylda's GrudgeProfane HydraEclipse

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Yorick to level upq
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Second ability for Yorick to level upe
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Last skill for Yorick to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
ResolveDemolishBone Plating
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Yorick's passive ability p
Yorick's q ability q
Yorick's w ability w
Yorick's e ability e
Yorick's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Q
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E
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R
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E
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Yorick and Kassadin

Tips for Playing as Yorick with Kassadin

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 Kassadin Will Play

Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.

Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.

Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.

Yorick Kassadin Synergy Stats

Yorick Image
Win Rate
49.2 %
VS
Win Rate
50.8 %
Kassadin Image
4.1
< Kills >
4.3
5.5
< Deaths >
5.4
4.2
< Assists >
4.2
0.93
< Killing Sprees >
1
192
< Minions Killed >
190
0.14
< Dragons Killed >
0.15
0.76
< Inhibitors >
0.82
13,889
< Physical Damage >
14,015
7,211
< Magic Damage >
7,323
468
< True Damage >
483
21,569
< Damage Dealt >
21,822
27,861
< Damage Taken >
27,632
12,446
< Gold Earned >
12,455
3.57
< Towers >
3.61
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
7,103
< Total Healing >
7,097
15,583
< Experience >
15,567
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
197
< Time Dealing CC >
204

How to Play with Kassadin as Yorick in LoL

The Yorick Kassadin synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kassadin, 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 Kassadin. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Kassadin helps Yorick perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Yorick is an ally to Kassadin, he observes a little decrease in his complete damage dealt. This could indicate that Kassadin does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Yorick is played alongside Kassadin on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Kassadin. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Kassadin.

Moreover, when Yorick plays with Kassadin on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Kassadin does a poor job of protecting Yorick during teamfights.

Synergies between Yorick and Kassadin

Damage Types Compared

Yorick
Kassadin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Yorick
Kassadin

Is Yorick better when played alongside Kassadin?

There is no perfect synergy for Yorick that will no matter what be his top teammate. However, overall, Kassadin is a not very good ally for Yorick. By being on the same team as Yorick, he lowers their win rate by -1.1% to 49.2%. This demonstrates that there is a negative strategic relationship between Yorick and Kassadin that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Kassadin has a greater difficulty than Yorick. That means you need to be careful when finding Kassadin allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

When playing alongside, Yorick players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

In contrast, by aligning Yorick and Kassadin together, you will not be granting your team a great deal of crowd control. Make sure to have other champs on your team that fills this hole in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of your Kassadin ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Yorick Players

How We Calculated Our Yorick Kassadin Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Yorick and Kassadin, we analyzed 1,029 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Yorick with Kassadin comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yorick in order to work well with Kassadin during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The most important items to focus on in your Yorick and Kassadin synergy build consist of Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Hullbreaker. When Yorick included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Kassadin than with many other typical builds. In fact, Yorick had an average winrate of 49.2% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Kassadin with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Demolish runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Yorick and Kassadin pairings, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.2% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Kassadin with Yorick are shown for all skill levels combined. To scope the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.