Yorick with Zilean
How to Synergize Yorick and Zilean
based on 974 Yorick with Zilean pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Yorick Zilean Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Yorick and Zilean
Tips for Playing as Yorick with Zilean
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 Zilean Will Play
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
Yorick Zilean Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zilean as Yorick in LoL
The Yorick Zilean synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zilean, 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 Zilean. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Zilean helps Yorick perform not as well in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Yorick is paired with Zilean, he observes a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This change could indicate that Zilean provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Yorick is played with Zilean on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Zilean. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Zilean.
Moreover, when Yorick plays with Zilean on the same side, he often receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Zilean does a poor job of protecting Yorick during team fights.
Synergies between Yorick and Zilean
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Is Yorick better when played alongside Zilean?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Yorick that will no matter what be his ideal ally. Yet, Zilean is a very typical companion for Yorick. By locking into the same team as Yorick, he increases their win rate by 0.7% to 51.0%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small bond between Yorick and Zilean that results in them performing better together than alone.
Zilean has a lower difficulty than Yorick. That means Yorick players don't need to be cautious when enlisting Zilean allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by bringing Yorick and Zilean together, you may not be giving your other teammates enough sustained damage output. We recommend you have other champs on your team that helps cover this relative hole in their potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Zilean teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Yorick to pair well with Zilean during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to get in your Yorick and Zilean synergy build consist of Trinity Force, Hullbreaker, and Sundered Sky. When Yorick used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Zilean than with many other common item sets. In fact, Yorick had an average winrate of 51.0% when playing alongside Zilean with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Demolish runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players used for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Zilean with Yorick are shown for all ranked divisions. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.