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My thoughts on Yorick

Arthimetes·9/12/2016, 8:54:39 PM·1 votes·528 views

He was supposed to be a "minionmancer" or sorts, with his damage focusing on his ability to summon and (sort-of) command lost souls to do his bidding.

Honestly he was closer to this pre-rework, except with his damage focused on the summoning of minons instead of the minions themselves. Right now is sort of the same issue, most of the damage he has is loaded into his Q with his minions contributing about as much as they did pre-rework, while still dying to just about any damage thanks to the tiny amount of hp they gain, especially late game.

The maiden has a substancial impact to a fight (as well as split pushing) but the maiden herself doesn't do much other than give YORICK the ability to do bonus damage.

The minions still die instantly, their damage is ok, if a BIT low. I think if they recieved more hp and a tiny bit more damage they would be fine maybe 25-30% of Yorick's max HP instead of 15%, or perhaps more base hp as well as a bit more base damage (maybe 12-105), and the damage on Yorick's Q getting nerfed he would probably be a bit better off.

Or perhaps something like "While within X units of the Maiden of the Mist, Yoric's Ghouls have increased attack speed, movement speed, and their HP is doubled as well as focusing on the Maiden's target." instead of the 5% max hp thing

Still nerf Yorick's Q scaling though, hitting 600's with just a bruiser item and triforce is a bit much with the low cd it has.

25 Comments

Astôlfo9/12/2016, 9:23:06 PM1 votes

Yorick doesn't need nerfs.

Oleandervine9/12/2016, 9:29:08 PM1 votes

If you're building Triforce and a single Bruiser item, that's why your minions are underwhelming. The minions need you to build HP to live longer, and the pitiful HP you're getting going pure bruiser isn't enough to cut it. This is why items like Black Cleaver and Titanic Hydra are fairly core to him, instead of the Triforce, because they offer better raw stats. Plus, building the Hydra rewards you for building extra HP to beef up your minions.

the weeaboo9/12/2016, 9:56:52 PM1 votes

He doesn't need to be changed at all, currently he's very fun and 3/4 of your spells are summoning spells. You are still supposed to be the damage, not the minions

Ðelofasht9/13/2016, 7:23:11 PM1 votes

The healing from his Q is incredibly small, I do not think it's fair to nerf a champ with around a 44% win rate for the past week. If anything he's in dire need of some buffs. As many have pointed out, you really just have to treat him like you would Darius, he's gonna to hurt you if he can get close.

Milodic Mellodi9/14/2016, 5:12:57 AM1 votes

I think he's fine in terms of minions, when one considers the potential of grave distance plus E activation making for pretty nasty damage. What I hate is his goddamn W. It has Hidden Power in that it acts like a smaller-yet-more-stable Veigar E. You can't escape it with Cleanse because it's a wall, your opponents can move through it while you can't without Flash, and it's just complete bull. All you have to do is have Yorick Top and Volibear Jg and you win. Instant isolation and complete annihilation, all you have to do is have Voli pick one up or have Yorick place his W in a convenient place and boom! Instant gangbang every 8-12 seconds (less considering CDR).