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Reworck Yorick Support

BreadSammich·9/30/2016, 1:00:40 PM·2 votes·973 views

There probably have been discussions about this already on the boards but I haven't visited in a while. Back in the day (a few weeks ago) I was part of the, I would say "elite few" but I'm pretty sure we all sucked, group of people that played Yorick Supp. And true to the Shakespearean nerd that I am I kinda want to continue that occasionally. I haven't had a lot of time to play much league recently so I don't have a ton of play to base this off of so I was wondering how do other people rate Yorick in the bottom?

My thoughts are that the current highest strength/popularity ADCs are , , and all of which have no escapes and would hate to be caught in his W. Conversely he would work better with a champion with an escape as he doesn't offer a lot of peel or protection.

As long as you land your E before summoning minions they wont farm the lane. This also works for R

Relic shield helps you still farm graves as well as his P counting minions that die around you not that you specifically have to kill them yourself.

Obviously you want to max R,Q, (and get an early sheen) then E but putting a couple extra levels in W rather important since there are twice as many people in bot lane to attack it to free the prisoner(s).

Buildwise I typically focused getting early to help protect as well as rushing a (eventually to be an ), of course , and the rest is pretty much situational tanky supp build.

6 Comments

MatthewRT29/30/2016, 1:33:07 PM1 votes

ok bruh, when I played old yorick support i went with spell theives because you got all that free poke and needed the mana regen, I got 23 s+ games in a row. Current yorick just needs to use q kills to proc Spoils of War and then when you summon ghouls mark the enemy adc for max bullying.

Oleandervine9/30/2016, 1:41:41 PM1 votes

New Yorick support actually doesn't want to max Q first, given that Relic Shield greatly assists with making graves with Q. No, you actually want to max W and then E first, because W gets more HP bars as it ranks up, making it tougher to kill. W is his best zoning tool for bottom lane, and can disrupt access to areas while also obviously being a great trap if you can catch people. Not only that, it operates as his peel, allowing you to psuedo snare enemies so your ADC can flee. E is also a slow, so this is why you max it next. It deals %HP so it works beautifully when Yorick isn't building sufficient damage, as it keeps him relevant in the role.

Ðelofasht10/1/2016, 4:32:23 AM1 votes

The biggest hurdle for Yorick as support is not his kit, but your teammates. You will always be called a troll for picking him, because unlike some other troll we know (Trundle), the Shepard has yet to be realized for his power in bot lane.

A small point to keep in mind, is that if you do not max E first the Cooldown on controlling your flock is very long, and you will be unable to poke often. While there may be some merit in maxing W first, if you are looking to setup engages E is going to be far more useful, and with picking up CDR first it will be frequent that you can attempt to start fights. By maxin W first you are basically playing a worse and harder to land hook on an enemy that some champs are just going to dash thru, like Lucian, Graves, Vayne, Tristana, Kalista, Caitlyn. . . And so on and so on.

I would prefer more frequent pokes on a champ like him. Also, because the ADC does not build health items the power of the minimum damage on E is quite high when maxed, you are effectively chunking them for 20% of their health every 8 seconds or less (depending on CDR). It is also easier to land a Wall after landing an E which can be done when they go to cs and are not standing in their minions.