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[Yorick] Feedback after a few games of Yorick on PBE

redfeenix··2 votes·1,658 views

Hey guys thought I'd leave my two cents after playing some of the grave digger. These are just my initial thoughts after playing only a few games on him, and I expect others will have different opinions. Please feel free to leave your thoughts about the new Yorick below.

Edit: Just remembered that pressing control + 3 on Pentakill Yorick makes him play the guitar (animation), but there is no music/sound. I'm not sure if this is a bug or the sound isnt in game yet, but if I press control+3 on Pentakill yorick and he pulls out his guitar, I'm gonna expect some sort of tune (just like Sona's control+3). He aint about air guitar, this guy is a Pentakill rockstar.

This is not an in depth analysis or anything, just my initial thoughts after playing him.

  1. Unfortunately I have to say Yorick put me to sleep. This starts at his voice over. The low sleepy voice actor makes me drowsy . He has a very soothing voice, but it makes my eyelids heavy. This has nothing to do with his playstyle, its just the champion voice lines.

  2. Playstyle: He plays very similary to Nasus. Stay in lane and farm all day. and last hit with q. His q is almost exactly the same: do dmg and heal a bit. First of all, the q on hit mechanic for next auto is very boring. Talon's q, Nasus q etc are all the same skill essentially. Its kinda meh. Second, he has a lot more damage than Nasus, for using the same skill. I THink this might be his AD ratios, but yorick packs a punch with his q compared to nasus. Like the skill is fine, its just a little boring. Its just a simple auto attack enhancing spell, that we've seen in many many champs. The minion summoning aspect of it is cool too, but I'm not sure how thats different than his passive. Its just a little TOO similar to Nasus Q. Edit: His q does NOT proc on towers, so his splitpushing is a little stunted. Its too bad, with the short cooldown q, Yorick could probably splitpush and take out towers as fast as nasus.

  3. Minions: Love the minions. Its not too OP or opressive, and it has good click zones. These are awesome.

  4. W: Great spell and gives Yorick some aoe CC. I liked the spell since I was easily able to trap multiple squishies with it.

  5. E: This is a little weird. Having such an interesting targetting shape would make you think this is some sort of cool niche spell. However, in my experience it felt a little lackluster. It does minimal damage but makes your ghouls jump on the target. The skill feels pretty lackluster and its only good to sick your summons on the enemy.

Maybe this can be improved by making the impact feel more awesome, right now the actual animation is meh and the sound isnt too exciting. Making the animation something like this would be cool (some sort of explosion/smoke effect). (he uses the skill at the 5 second mark) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRXz7ySiIl0

R: was pretty excited about this ultimate but in game its sorta meh. First the avatar sorta just blends into the background. Not as much as project Ash's ultimate but enough so its not really noticable. Its also not very epic looking. Looks like a random ghost with a sheet.

Second the avatar attacks random targets. So often its not very helpful. For example, if the avatar locks onto someone far from you, its kinda useless as you have to focus the correct target. I think the correct way to use this skill is cast it close to a tank, and use the bonus hp damage to kill the tank. I wish we could choose the avatar's targets though, that would probably make it more satsifying to use.

Overall: I found his playstyle very similar to nasus. Last hit with Q. However he was a little boring because thats all you do. Trade with Q or last hit with Q. Wish his other spells were more cohesive to use as a combo. The voice actor was really good, but he made me feel very sleepy, and further made me think of playing yorick as boring. This is probably just me but sounds affect my playstyle a lot, and I hate playing champs with annoying/ weird voices (talia etc).

Anyways just my two cents. Really love his artwork though , in game model and minions look dope.

Kudos to the champion update team. So this is League's version of the Necromancer eh? Pretty good, but a little lackluster compared to the real Necromancer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC7AdjaAE2o

27 Comments

Marshbouy3 votes

but yorick packs a punch with his q compared to nasus.

someone sucks at stacking on nasus.

redfeenix1 votes

No need to post passive comments friend, its just an observation

Yorick Q does significantly more damage than Nasus at almost all stages of the game. Maybe at 30 minutes + Nasus Q will start to overtake him but the first handful of levels its not even close.

That being said, I believe nasus can farm the ghouls for Q stacks and gold

Marshbouy1 votes

With 300-400 stacks at 20 minutes with nasus im dealing about 600 damage, not including trinity force or iceborn gauntlet. Is yorick really dealing that much?

redfeenix2 votes

Okay.... never mind I barely get 200 stacks in 20 minutes. Your first comment stands I suck at stacking on Nasus.

Marshbouy2 votes

lol, it's k. I cringe at how i use to only be able to get 150 in 20 minutes... Now i get about 200 in 13, my record was 550 in 20 minutes but i was like 10/0 becasue they essentially fed me.

redfeenix1 votes

Damn lol feelsbadman, I should try playing more Nasus. Dont think I've played him in a long time

Marshbouy2 votes

take CDR blues and build a few early CDR items early item 3067 item 3024 item 3057 then finish them later into their full items

redfeenix1 votes

Ahh yes the good old CDR build.

I just find Nasus's playstyle a little too slow paced early game for my taste.

Early game (first 3 levels), I like to play super agressive and put pressure on multiple lanes and the jungler. In fact I actively try to go ahead and kill the jungler enemy laner etc early game.

So Nasus's slow start makes him a little meh for me.

However, I do love my Rito Nasus Skin and he does great at higher lvls. He can brawl with anyone and chase with wither lol

Marshbouy1 votes

Early game (first 3 levels), I like to play super agressive and put pressure on multiple lanes and the jungler. In fact I actively try to go ahead and kill the jungler enemy laner etc early game.

nasus is not for you then. Have fun on the rift though

redfeenix1 votes

Thanks pal... You know which champ was made for me though? KLED!

Evewynn2 votes

I think they wanted his q to feel similar to his old on-hit ability. It's also nice to have a bread and butter, instead of everything being over the top unique or impactful. His kit focuses a lot on his minions, which is good. Having a really complex kit on top of directing minions would likely have been a bit much.

redfeenix1 votes

Well he cant really control the minions (except with e).

I'm sure there are some players who like to play simple / relaxing champs ie Nasus. I think Yorick will suit them just fine, they can just relax farm with Q and still carry hard.

This champ is gonna be perfect for those type of playstyles/players... nice relaxing low APM champ who is still satisfying to play.

Astôlfo1 votes

What happens if your E hits multiple enemy targets?

redfeenix1 votes

So its a square-ish shape skill shot, your minions just pounce on the first enemy hit , prioritizing champs.

Fududles1 votes

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Teslyn1 votes

Seems like they went safe.. well yorick.. you will only get play early but you will be put back in the grave after your relaunch.. i was hoping for so much more.. and i want to say i love getting skins of things will cool backing animations.. not getting any thing for Yorick.. i showed the wife.. and she had the same thoughts that i did.. whats with the spin.
real safe riot.. you played this one really really safe.

redfeenix1 votes

I think safe is the best way to describe it, and do you really blame them after KLED?

Kled was so unique and quite frankly a risk. If it turned out people didnt like him, they can at least fall back on this nice safe project of yorick. No risks in this kit.

Teslyn1 votes

i wish one day that they would have a community champ and just give us 5 skills per an ability and we vote on it.

redfeenix1 votes

Lmaooo who about s feature gsme mode where everyone can build their own champ (choose skills and passives from all champs and roll them into one).

Regulas1 votes

I have to say this is one of the weirdest reviews I've seen because it doesn't really seem to be analysing him as a champion so much as just kind of going over explicitly subjective thoughts.

I will say that unlike Nasus who Q's just to farm, this guy has an actual objective of hard and fast pushing. Also his spells do seem to be cohesive and combo tastic, it's just a matter of getting used to them and there ranges and uses.

redfeenix1 votes

Sure like I said its just some initial thoughts I had about the champion, nothing concrete like a full analysis. Its whatever thoughts I had about him after playing him for the first time.

I think not having Q proc on tower makes his pushing feel a bit stunted. My q is up every few seconds, but I cant use it on the tower.

I hope they will consider making his Q proc on the tower (like nasus, vayne) as this would help further cement his splitpush identity. Its really awkward that I cant use my Q to take down towers quicker

Communist Toast1 votes

his E is meant to be more about the slow/minion call. not the damage. I thought that was a given when they showed the abilities

redfeenix1 votes

Ah in that case it did its job just fine, but to feel more impactful I would rather they improve the sound effect and animation to match. Again this is on the PBE so the animation might not be final

Communist Toast1 votes

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Ah in that case it did its job just fine, but to feel more impactful I would rather they improve the sound effect and animation to match. Again this is on the PBE so the animation might not be final

I mean, that's the case for any slow. it's not about damage, it's about the slow

redfeenix1 votes

Right but I'm describing the actual animation. Its the same problem as Project Ash ultimate, its sorta muted and fades into the background.... Its very unoticable.

And either they should increase the slow, or increase the dmg. Because having a little slow and little dmg is just meh. They should commit to one or the other IMO.

Zero Skill Tank1 votes

Meh. Except for Raise Skeleton Xul's kit is so basic that's almost painful.

redfeenix1 votes

Xul may be basic, but yorick's is even more basic.

That being said, I liked the asthetics and sound of Poison Nova. Felt really satisfying to use.

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