Shoutcaster Bias Against Yorick...

Hemulen Magi·3/22/2015, 7:49:48 PM·2 votes·1,029 views

In watching the recent UoL game with Yorick, did anyone else notice a huge bias against Yorick in the LCS shoutcaster's comments?

The shoutcasters just kept openly trash-talking Yorick regardless of whatever plays he made. Yorick could juke skill shots by body blocking with his ghouls, he could overcome his immobility with amazing flanking ambushes, he could make perfect clutch revive plays to turn the tide of teamfights, he could control his revenant to maximum effectiveness even in the heat of chaotic battle... Yet, all the shoutcasters had to say was "wow, look at that Yorick facerolling"...

And whenever Yorick ulted anyone other that Cassiopeia, they immediately assumed and stated that the "facerolling" Yorick had messed up... Even when he was using himself and his revenant to zone out the enemy team from defending their nexus... Seriously, the shoutcaster's were subtly trash-talking Yorick even as he made the play that closed out the game by zoning the enemy Graves out of the final teamfight at the nexus.

Seriously, UoL's Yorick was the highlight of the game for me. Why were the shoutcasters so hard on him? Why do they insist that he is a "faceroll" champion? In my personal experience, his kit is as hard or harder to use to full effectiveness than most of the other champions in that match...

2 Comments

Tentacle Love3/22/2015, 9:13:21 PM2 votes

Honestly it was the Yorick/Cassiopeia combo that really paid off. Can't mention one without the other.

Minrog3/24/2015, 3:44:48 AM1 votes

I think it was actually the Yorick -> Nunu play that paid off. Rezzing the jungler at Baron so he could Consume/Smite was a pretty good utilization of the ultimate.

I don't know why they were hating on Vizicsacsi so much. Maybe they just are having PTSD from Season 2 or something.