Once again, I'm here for tips. My top lane main is Yorick, as he's fun to play and I like his grave mechanic. I was wondering what tips I could get so that I can perform better with him. I usually take q, then e, then w, then r, but am working on things like last-hitting with my last rites.
What can I build and do to perform better with Yorick?
Thank you!
OurLestrade1 votesTypical Triforce into tank rush is the safe way to go, only real advice I can think of is to use the Maiden more as a dueling tool than a single split pusher in 95% of situations since she gives you so much more damage to play with. Your W is also your largest contribution in team fights for similar reasons to Anivia's wall: It can really help peel for your carry.
In days of old I'd point you towards Inverted Composer, but he doesn't seem that fond of new Yorick :/
midnight oil241 votesOkey doke. Thanks for the tips!
Who's inverted composer?
OurLestrade1 votesTHE Yorick/Singed main :P
midnight oil241 votesbut he doesn't like new yorick, so I can't go to him for tips?
OurLestrade1 votesPretty much which is a shame. He still occasionally plays him so he might be worth keeping an eye on - he's one of those LOL mathematics types who's really good at calculating builds and masteries and junk. His website, while a bit out dated now, might be worth a visit :P http://www.leagueoflegendsmath.com/Articles/Main.html
Looks like he actually updated his Yorick guide recently! I'll be giving that a look myself xD
TheHappyReaperz1 votes
is a nice item on him. With grave hitting, its just a sense you get playing games with him. If you play enough Yorick, you'll eventually just become used to how much damage it does. If you want to get better quickly though, something you can do is Q a minion, see how much damage it deals, then only Q minions whenever they are below that health cap. You'll have to keep checking the damage, but it should help overall. Build-wise, lots of things are good on him, but I like this build:
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depending on the CC. Triforce is good because of the synergy between it and Yorick's Q, DD gives some nice AD, LS, and its passive is nice for dueling. Deadmans for the armour and movement speed, Spirit Visage for the MR and heal increase. ZZ adds more pushing power to your build, but its something I'll pick up first, only if I'm getting thrashed in lane. Tabi are nice against a heavy AD team, and Mercs are good against a heavy CC team.
midnight oil241 votesCool. Thank you for the tips!
Ðelofasht1 votesWhile Trinity is good against squishy teams, Black Cleaver is better if plan to do any team fighting. It makes the walkers hit harder and they apply Black Cleaver proc for you making the target easier for everyone on your team to kill. Death's Dance, Spirit Visage and Sunfire/Randuins/Deadmans will give you enough armor and MR to survive most things, if you want some extra lane pressure a Zzrot's portal will allow you to still split push or put it in a side lane while joining the rest of your team for extra pressure.
Also, I found out recently that Yorick's wall will activate Courage of Colossus, meaning you can go full tank if you want and be tanky and disruptive still with just an Iceborn Guantlet and Sterak's Gage for damage items and build all tank stuff (both of which provide you a lot of defensive power in their own right). This makes for a good "tank" Yorick build, really you just try to intercept into as many skill shots as you can while having Maiden down and sometimes auto'ing someone (and maybe get a wall out there to trap someone).