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.
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
The Yorick Xayah synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xayah, 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 Xayah. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Xayah helps Yorick perform not as well in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Yorick plays on the same team as Xayah, he sees a marginal improvement in his total damage dealt. This difference may signal that Xayah helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Yorick is played alongside Xayah on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Xayah.
Moreover, when Yorick plays with Xayah on the same side, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Xayah does a poor job of protecting Yorick during teamfights.
There is no top companion for Yorick that will always be his ideal ally. However, Xayah is a terrible ally for Yorick. By playing on the same team as Yorick, she decreases their win rate by -5.5% to 44.8%. This proves that there is a very bad bond between Yorick and Xayah that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Xayah has a lower difficulty than Yorick. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Xayah comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by aligning Yorick and Xayah together, you may not be providing your other teammates much crowd control. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that helps cover this gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Xayah ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Yorick in order to synergize with Xayah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to get in your Yorick and Xayah synergy build include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Yorick incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Xayah than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Yorick had an average win rate of 44.8% when playing alongside Xayah with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of defeating your oponents, Yorick players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Demolish runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Yorick and Xayah pairings, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 44.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Xayah with Yorick are presented for every ranked division. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.