Yorick with Xerath
How to Synergize Yorick and Xerath
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Yorick Xerath Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Yorick and Xerath
Tips for Playing as Yorick with Xerath
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 Xerath Will Play
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Yorick Xerath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xerath as Yorick in LoL
The Yorick Xerath synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xerath, 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 Xerath. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Xerath helps Yorick perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Yorick tries to synergize with Xerath, he gets a marginal improvement in his complete damage dealt. This difference could signal that Xerath supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Yorick is played alongside Xerath on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Xerath.
Moreover, when Yorick plays with Xerath on the same team, he often takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Xerath does a poor job of covering Yorick in team fights.
Synergies between Yorick and Xerath
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Is Yorick better when played alongside Xerath?
There is no perfect companion for Yorick that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. However, Xerath is a decent companion for Yorick. By being on the same side as Yorick, he improves their win rate by 1.4% to 51.7%. This demonstrates that there is pretty good synergy between Yorick and Xerath that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Xerath has a greater difficulty than Yorick. That means you need to be very careful when enlisting Xerath comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Working alongside, Yorick players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. When paired, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by aligning Yorick and Xerath together, you will not be granting your other teammates much support. Plan to pick other champions on your team that helps cover this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Xerath ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Yorick in order to synergize with Xerath during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Yorick and Xerath synergy build consist of Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Yorick incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Xerath than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Yorick had an average winrate of 51.7% when playing alongside Xerath with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should take 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 builds players used for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.7% win rate overall.
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