Zilean with Yorick
How to Synergize Zilean and Yorick
based on 974 Zilean with Yorick pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Zilean Yorick Synergy Summary
Best Zilean vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Yorick
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Yorick
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.
Advice to Understand How Yorick Will Play
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.
Zilean Yorick Synergy Stats
How to Play with Yorick as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean Yorick synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Yorick, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Zilean sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Yorick. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Yorick helps Zilean perform worse in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Zilean tries to synergize with Yorick, he sees a little increase in his total damage output. This change may demonstrate that Yorick helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played with Yorick 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 synergisticly with Yorick.
Additionally, when Zilean plays with Yorick on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Yorick does a decent job of protecting Zilean in teamfights.
Synergies between Zilean and Yorick
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Yorick?
There is no one best champion pairing for Zilean that will always be his ideal synergy. Yet, Yorick is a very typical teammate for Zilean. By playing on the same side as Zilean, he increases their win rate by 0.3% to 51.0%. This proves that there is a weak bond between Zilean and Yorick that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Yorick has a lower difficulty than Zilean. That means Zilean players don't need to be very careful when arranging Yorick teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to do well with you.
When playing together, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Conversely, by bringing Zilean and Yorick together, you will not be granting your other allies a lot of AD. Plan to have other champions on your team that offsets this hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Yorick ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Zilean in order to synergize with Yorick during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to prioritize in your Zilean and Yorick synergy build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean used at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Yorick than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Zilean boasted an average winrate of 51.0% when playing alongside Yorick with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing your oponents, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Zilean and Yorick pairings, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.0% winrate overall.
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