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 Samira synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Samira, 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 Samira. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Samira helps Yorick perform worse in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Yorick is an ally to Samira, he sees a barely noticable drop in his full damage dealt. This may signal that Samira doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Yorick is played with Samira on the same side, 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 Samira.
Additionally, when Yorick plays with Samira on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Samira does a decent job of protecting Yorick in team fights.
There is no one best companion for Yorick that will 100% of the time be his top ally. Yet, Samira is a very typical ally for Yorick. By being on the same team as Yorick, she lowers their win rate by -0.8% to 49.5%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small bond between Yorick and Samira that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Samira has a lower difficulty than Yorick. That means Yorick players don't need to be cautious when arranging Samira allies to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to work well with you.
When playing on the same side, Yorick players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by grouping Yorick and Samira together, you may not be giving your team enough crowd control. Plan to pick other champions on your team that fills this hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Samira teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yorick to pair well with Samira during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to get in your Yorick and Samira synergy build include Hullbreaker, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Yorick included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Samira than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Yorick boasted an average winrate of 49.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Samira with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, Yorick players 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 builds players chose for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Samira with Yorick are shown for all ranked divisions. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.