W + E were both essentially point and click, even though you could miss W technically, you'd have to be bad. And the ghouls did respectable damage IF the opponent did not back off. Thus, anyone who did not want to get poked out had to back off whenever you tossed down your E+W. I think you're very wrong about fighting Yorick after he uses his E (unless he was oom). Yorick was an extremely strong 1v1 champ in lane. If you have 2-3 ghouls wailing on you, Yorick sustaining with E, and him auto-resetting with Q, that's going to wreck you. Plus I don't know if you know what old Yorick's passive was, but it was essentially 15% damage reduction (20% if you had you're ult up), so I don't know how you think dueling him was a good idea.
Yes he had ridiculous mana costs, yes his damage was reduced, but anti-fun =/= god tier, that's what you're not getting. Urgot has an anti-fun kit even though he is bad.
I actually personally thought old Yorick wasn't too bad. I would always pick him into matchups I hated (specifically Fiora) and I would point-and-click people out of lane all day. I was like 8-0 with him until they reworked him and I lost a couple games. And these were low-Plat level games, not Bronze games . That's all anecdotal evidence though since he clearly wasn't that great overall, but in terms of shutting your lane opponent down, he was super annoying.
New Yorick is different, but that does not mean bad. He is a lot harder to use, but he does do more damage if used properly. He does do some things worse, but some things he does a lot better (like pushing for example, old Yorick couldn't push without using half his mana pool). He also is a lot more self-sufficient. He can catch people himself (old Yorick had to just run at people), he doesn't need someone useful to ult to have an impact in teamfights. a reduction of raw stats in exchange for utility and versatility is not always a bad thing and Yorick is a good example of that.
in my opinion the new Yorick just isn't good in any team comps and can only be viable in one role. I played the only Yorick religiously and was able to play him in top, jg and mid. I actually enjoyed the old Yorick, and thought he was in a good place where he was, wasn't too OP and wasn't weak in any way. But now he isn't very good, and SUPER weak throughout the entire game. I asked the twitter support page and they recommended me to write on the boards and suggest it.
