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Lol OK, can we please talk about the Gravedigger for a minute?

Shrek Luigi·12/4/2015, 5:03:29 AM·1 votes·471 views

Yorick Ever since the new preseason has come out, this guy has been much stronger as a toplaner than he used to be. More often than not, this fella doesn't even have to worry about transitioning over to a tanky peeler build because the chances of the game running on to the point of him scaling way off is noticeably lower.

With the new Thunderlord's Decree keystone, Yorick's W+E+Q poke dishes out an absurd amount of damage against a huge pool of champs. I'm not even that skilled of a player and I was able to make someone extremely upset in the course of a few minutes--this dude has literally no gaps in his proverbial armor during lanephase and I truly feel like a jerk for playing him. I get absolutely no satisfaction from playing this character anymore, nor do I feel like I'm personally improving as a player when I play him. The only reason I roll with him is because he just feels really strong right now, and because I've already invested a lot of emotional-attachment (lmao) into him because he is otherwise a super-cool guy who really stands out against the conventional tops.

Can we please get that long-overdue Yorick rework that people have been asking for since, like, season 3 or 4? Nerfing this stat-ball of a character clearly hasn't been working because he's either been obsolete or digging mass-Graves across the Rift for the duration of his entire existence. Feel free to downvote me but I strongly urge playing the Gravedigger if you like winning games a lot--at the cost of your self-esteem as a League player.

3 Comments

Silents42912/4/2015, 5:32:36 AM1 votes

Hello, I am one of those Yorick mains you hear about in legends and mythical tails.

While it's true he is stronger this season with the new keystone, he isn't in anymore of a dangerous position as he was in past seasons, all his problems and weaknesses are in effect regardless of how long the game goes or whether he has damage.

Hard pressed to consider him overpowered in the slightest, we have so many new means of destroying him then we used too, with grievous wounds and all those items that make taking out him + ghouls at once fairly easy.

I understand Yorick needs a rework, trust me I want it badly too, but Riot has expressed they have no idea what they want to do with him yet, so understandably it will be awhile.