random champ advice #2 - Yorick
in this "series" i will randomly pick a champ that im quite familiar with and name some tips and tricks and mistakes that i see people do or not do. i wont name stuff like "his q skill does this and that" only special interactions/notable stuff. my english isnt the best so sorry for that.
yorick is a trinity force user and with all of them theres the rule of "dont underestimate sheen/trinity".
his q is an autoattack reset, it heals him for 12-82 hp depending on level and is doubled if his hp is below 50%. combined with spirit visage, the heal can be pretty strong. also what im sure not many people know, his q has 50 more range than his normal aa's.
his w is where a lot of "hidden" stuff comes in. it counts as terrain for ornn vayne etc. keep in mind, it counts as terrain for enemys. your allies can pass it, enemys cant. it draws tower agro and gets 1shot by the tower. if you "push" an enemy with it away, you get tower agro. pushing enemys away with it triggers the sudden impact rune standing in the lower part of it (biggest part of its hitbox) can lead to enemys autoattacking the wall instead of you.
his e only has 1 interesting trick to it. it slows you, makes yoricks ult and ghouls focus you and gives yorick bonus MS towards you. the interesting fact is that with it you can stop the ult from pushing a lane. as you know if yorick attacks a minion in top lane, his ult will push top. 24/7 until it dies. but theres a trick how you can stop it. draw the agro of a jungle camp (works best with krugs on top red side) and pull them to lane as far as you can. now hit your e on them. if your ult is in range, it will start to attack the krugs. and thus it gets the "jungle lane agro". meaning it will follow you around. and you can go to mid and let it push there. once at the tower, draw in the wolfs and e them, and your ult will draw "jungle lane agro" again and follow you again. i never saw this used anywhere so i just go ahead and claim it found by me :D i shall call it the kaizo ult trick. because i love kaizo mario hacks.
his ult and his passive. both will be combined here. i talked a bit about the ult in his e spell so lets focus on what the ult does/can do. his ult does magic damage, yet its "autoattacks" can be stopped with blinds, counterstrike from jax, pantheons shield and what i did not test yet but heard from a friend, irelias ult (disarm). the ult and the ghouls all deal less dmg if yorick is not nearby and are slower without yorick nearby. do not underestimate the ult alone. even if yorick doesnt hit the mark of the ult (which does up to 10% of your max hp every 2 seconds) it still does a lot of damage and is pretty dangerous. towers focus the ult and ghouls (which i shall now refer to as P for passive) over minions, but not over canon minions. the ult can trigger certain magic onhits. like morellos open wounds and the heal of gunblade. rylais is a special item because it does not work with yoricks R or P.
a lot of the R also counts for the P. the "autoattacks" that can be stopped/avoided part counts 1:1 the P can be 1shot by single target spells if yorick is not nearby. they also get slower and deal less dmg. the P counts towards physical damage, they trigger stuff like black cleaver, deaths dance and again gunblade. both the R and P gain a % of yoricks bonus hp and ad. the P is a nice source of gold early on because yorick does not have much bonus hp/ad before his first back, so farm up on them. after he gets his first items you should not do that anymore tho.
that is all i know about yorick + some extra stuff from lolwiki
since yorick is not really common i dont think this will help much people, but if it ever does im happy. also its quite funny to share some information and maybe learn some more. see you in advice #3