Yorick with Skarner
How to Synergize Yorick and Skarner
based on 276 Yorick with Skarner pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Yorick Skarner Synergy Summary
Best Yorick vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Yorick and Skarner
Tips for Playing as Yorick with Skarner
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 Skarner Will Play
Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.
Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.
Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights dramatically.
Yorick Skarner Synergy Stats
How to Play with Skarner as Yorick in LoL
The Yorick Skarner synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Skarner, 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 Skarner. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Skarner helps Yorick perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Yorick tries to synergize with Skarner, he gets a little increase in his complete damage output. This change may demonstrate that Skarner provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Yorick is played alongside Skarner on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Skarner.
Moreover, when Yorick plays with Skarner on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Skarner does a poor job of covering Yorick in team fights.
Synergies between Yorick and Skarner
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Is Yorick better when played alongside Skarner?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Yorick that will always be his #1 ally. However, overall, Skarner is a below average companion for Yorick. By locking into the same team as Yorick, he lowers their win rate by -2.5% to 47.8%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad synergy between Yorick and Skarner that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Skarner has a lower difficulty than Yorick. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Skarner teammates to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
When playing alongside, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by pairing Yorick and Skarner together, you will not be providing your other teammates a lot of support. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that offsets this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Skarner ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Yorick to work well with Skarner during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to have in your Yorick and Skarner synergy build consist of Hullbreaker, Sundered Sky, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Yorick bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Skarner than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Yorick had an average win rate of 47.8% when playing alongside Skarner with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, Yorick players should equip 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 sets we have analyed for this team composition, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.8% win rate overall.
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