Ty riot for this tiny detail

y0r1ck·May 10, 2018·19 votes·10,593 views

Yorick can shield allies with guardian when he puts his wall around them. This is probably such a small detail and nobody really takes guardian on yorick. Shows that riot is trying to open up more playstyles. Ty!

23 Comments

ZackTheWaffleManMay 10, 201817 votes

######wait what

Risen29May 10, 20183 votes

Time for support Yorick to shine.

MarothennanMay 10, 20181 votes

Wait wut, that doesn't make any sense. Must be a bug

ZackTheWaffleManMay 10, 20185 votes

If it's positive to the champion and healthy for the game, it's a "feature."

Zero Skill TankMay 11, 20181 votes

How do we decide if Guardian Yorick is healthy for the game, tho?

It's not like we don't have enough shields in the game.

y0r1ckMay 11, 20181 votes

Even if you think shields are a problem, this is not an interaction to worry about. Trust me, it's mediocre. I just do it because it's fun.

MarothennanMay 11, 20181 votes

{quoted}

If it's positive to the champion and healthy for the game, it's a "feature."

How is it healthy tho?

y0r1ckMay 11, 20181 votes

It's healthy because it opens up a supportive role for yorick, without being op or oppressive. More options allow for deeper strategy. Besides, I doubt you could argue support yorick is unhealthy.

MarothennanMay 11, 20181 votes

Guardian is intended to proc when you are close to your support. A way which Riot deemed healthy, how is being able to proc it from range healthy? And no support yorick can't be unhealthy, it's flat out trolling

y0r1ckMay 11, 20181 votes

"Allied champions you affect with unit-targeted abilities are also Guarded for 2.5 seconds, irrelevant of distance."

BobaFlautistMay 11, 20181 votes

Does it Proc on Raka ult, or is that not considered "unit targeted"?

y0r1ckMay 11, 20181 votes

I'd guess no, because you're not targeting anything like you are with Yorick's w or braum's jump.

MarothennanMay 11, 20181 votes

Wait is that new? Because I never witnessed it in game ( Probably cause only tanks take it now that I think about it ). But that still doesn't make any sense with yorick's w lol

y0r1ckMay 11, 20181 votes

It makes sense to me. I'm used to using the wall for peel. Against champions like kled or rammus it's even better than a Janna shield. People usually only use it as a trap but it's frankly even better as peel.

Honestly try it out, it feels so natural like it's 100% intended.

I don't think it's new. I've been doing it for at least a month or two I think.

KZ EngelMay 11, 20181 votes

you have probably never witnessed it in game because the only champs who take guardian are tahm, braum, and rakan (all of which have unit-targeted abilities that either are melee range or move them to melee range) lol

MuffledGarbageMay 10, 20181 votes

okay... then...

huh... never woulda guessed...

Jungle Lux GodMay 10, 20181 votes

I want to know how you figured this out and why you'd take Guardian on Yorick in an actual game to give you this information.

y0r1ckMay 11, 20181 votes

Support yorick

Smartness ImmuneMay 11, 20181 votes

I main the new Yorick for so long. I never took Guardian on him. Only Aftershock with sometimes works aswell with hes W.

flibitydooMay 11, 20181 votes

it actually works on most targetted aoes so long as your cursor highlights an allied champion

For example (and i've proven this on accident) you can fire your Q as soraka at a teammate and it will trigger guardian shield. Note that I said Q. Not W, your Q. Starcall. The damaging one.

(the accident in which I found out was giving a jungler leash where I Q'd the blue buff and it triggered guardian even though I was no where near my jungler, but they were standing on top of the blue sentinel)

y0r1ckMay 11, 20181 votes

So do you think it'd work with Diana q lux e Cass r? I feel like it won't work on most aoes but I haven't tried it