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Nasus vs Yorick?

U R Good At Game·8/17/2017, 2:34:37 AM·2 votes·10,635 views

This isn't about laning but about their kits. Usually when you play league champs they are considerably different in their capabilities. Yorick and Nasus serve the same purpose imo. Except one is doing it via empowering himself and the other is using ghouls instead. Yorick reminds me of the "copy my homework but don't make it obvious" memes. His pre-rework wasn't the most healthy but at least he was completely unique as a casting necromancer type character. Now I feel like I am playing a range version of nasus. Even their builds are identical. They have the same phase in which they spike, they have the same playstyle, the same builds, the same runes/masteries almost, and usually serve the same purpose in game. They even use the corresponding abilities at the same time. For example, when you use Q on nasus you would want to use Q on yorick. Same with W, E and R. If their is a situation where you would E with yorick you would most likely be good to E on nasus.

I think the new yorick is great but it's almost the same champion as nasus and is arguably the only champ that copies another champ to such an extreme degree.

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Ravenous Howls8/18/2017, 11:13:51 AM4 votes

Sorry but as someone who main Nasus and moonlight as a Yorick secondary on occasion I do not see how, other than their Q's being similar, that Yorick is a ranged version of Nasus. Both of them heal off Q, Nasus gains permanent damage on his and it goes hand in hand with his passive LS. Yorick gives him a small amount of sustain but sets up the graves for his Ghouls. The sustain and last hitting is basically the same but that's it.

Their W's are both slows but Nasus uses his to engage and disengage where as Yorick's is a skill shot that gives him a ton of burst damage if he has minions up. Outside of the slow they accomplish very different things. Yorick's is also highly unreliable as well.

Their E's could not be more different. Nasus does a burst of Magic AOE and armor % shred where as Yorick's is a mini J4 ult.

Ult are also extremely different. Yorick summons minions to aid him and Nasus strictly empowers himself. Yorick can split push two lanes with this in theory where as Nasus must stay and push out what ever objectives he wants.

Builds are also incredibly different. Any decent self respecting Nasus main will most assuredly tell you IBG and SV are core on Nasus. TF is a snowball item and is rarely opportunistic, to build, on Nasus. Yorick can more readily grab CS b/c his abilities and minions start out strong for him to farm early and he needs TF to be relevant. DD is also a better buy on Yorick then SV as his innate heal is very low without a LS item.

Runes are extremely situational on any champion but best marks for Nasus are Hybrid Pen where straight AD is better for Yorick. Masteries I see most Yorick's go Grasp where most Nasus's go Storm. Personally I prefer Warlords or Grasp on Nasus.

I mean yes they are both Juggernauts and have similar build ideas, as most juggernauts do, it's mainly their damage items that differs the most. But the way they play and have presence on the map is vastly different. Personally I find Yorick's damage is far to situational b/c he needs to have minions up and land his W or he has no power. Where as Nasus has everything internalized to allow him to turn the tide of a fight and require less set up. If anything Yorick is probably more similar to Illaoi then Nasus if you think about it.

Qzply768/17/2017, 2:36:47 AM2 votes

Get used to it. They made kayn even have 2 repeat abilities but just made them stronger. They are running out of ideas.

Sasogwa8/18/2017, 11:47:04 AM2 votes

Not sure they have the same spikes. Yorick has a way stronger pre 6 than Nasus. Nasus scales infinitely. Yorick's ult CD is kinda longer, he's a lot about the ghouls so he's not that strong unless he has a bunch of tombs nearby he can activate or ghouls already summoned. Kinda like a moving illaoi actually he needs a bit of a setup, while Nasus doesn't really.

Tbh ghouls still do quite an amount of damage. Also you can go iceborn/BC for a build more centered on ghoul power insta cleaving you to max.

Risen296/1/2018, 5:20:02 PM1 votes

They are quite different. Completely different playstyles.

Nasus is a scaler. Yorick isnt.

Nasus wants to stay in one lane all game. Yorick wants to wander around pushing all lanes.

Yorick last hits for graves as a short term power boost. He doesnt do it constantly. Nasus does it constantly to scale forever. Different reasons and methods.

Nasus doesnt need preparation to have max power. He is always ready to duel. Yorick has to prepare graves.

Yorick is even more dependant on his ultimate to duel than Nasus. And it is on a longer cooldown.

Everything Nasus is about buffing himself and weakening the enemy. He is a superior duelist for this reason. Especially without his ultimate.

Yorick can kite enemies while damaging them with his pets.

Yorick has a wall.

Nasus has aoe debuff.

Nasus has superior poke damage.

Nasus has a point and click slow. Yoricks is a skillshot but gives him a movement boost.

Nasus is easier to execute mechanically. He also requires less lane ability and less macro skill to do well with. Nasus is stronger than Yorick in a strait up duel. But Yorick has the potential to apply greater overall map pressure.