Easy way to buff Yorick

Baron Von Garen·Jul 19, 2017·3 votes·373 views

Just make his Q hit towers like trundle. You may have to put a damage reduction on it if it's too op right off the bat, but this guy was MADE to be a split pusher. The fact that trundle can split push faster and be useful in draining tanks in a teamfight while yorick is 'meh' in both catagories is why he needs to be buffed. His E slow is fine the way it is, just make him THE split pusher in the game. He's already forced to stay in lane with his passive, making his teamfights a lot harder if he doesnt have his ult or the enemy team kills it in 2 seconds (which doesnt happen as much anymore because of the hp buff). He's just lacking that oomf to make him viable.

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Shuyin178Jul 19, 20171 votes

The difference between a Trundle pusher and a Yorick pusher, is that Trundle eats towers while Yorick can't and shouldn't.

Lets say they allow Yorick's Q to proct, that won't be enough.

If you have that, with both champions having just Trinity Force, it will be a close race but Trundle will have the advantage through his slightly quicker animation and the AD boost on his Q. If you have those and add in Yorick's 4 ghouls vs Trundle with Frozen Domain, Trundle will win. I don't know by how much to an exact % or time, but Trundle is more consistent with his damage because it's just his damage, while the ghouls don't hit nearly as hard as Trundle's added attack speed when factored in.

The only way Yorick would possibly win is if the Maiden gets involved as well, otherwise Trundle is superior because his kit supports his single-target playstyle's quick and harsh damage output. Meanwhile Yorick's style has a better wave clearing focus to it, which causes it to lose out when attacking towers when compared to other tower killers.

Baron Von GarenJul 21, 20171 votes

Right. I don't think he can take towers as fast as Trundle, but he can exert a lot of lane pressure. However, once he reaches the tower, even with his ult, it still takes Yorick a considerable amount of time to take it down. His ghouls and ult barely scratch towers early and mid game, so I think he needs a something a little extra to make him able to split push like Trundle. Both champions are very good in 1v1 scenarios, both have a speed/slow, both have a way to melt tanks, and both have a form of hard cc (moreso for Yorick with his W than trundle E). However, Trundle is now able to attack towers again with his Q, while Yorick cannot. The only reason people are playing trundle again is because of that. He isn't broken, he's just a good splitpusher/1v1'er, and Yorick should have the ability to do the same.

Shuyin178Jul 21, 20171 votes

The only reason people are playing trundle again is because of that.

I mean you're not wrong. I used Trundle as my primary champion back when that was a thing (I'd probably be rank 7 on him by now if champ levels were a thing back then because of him being my primary go-to top laner, almost 1-trick) and stopped using him after the tower bite was removed because after that he just felt bad to play.

During the patch they returned the bite, that was the only thing I was praying for. To me the other buffs he got that patch were bonus buffs, the only thing I found necessary was the bite.