Yorick is at an Aatrox level of uselessness [Somewhat long to read warning]

Darth Sidiouss··3 votes·480 views

Yorick what is his niche do not tell me its splitting cause ill hit you =_= very hard in the head... with a bat.

For ANYONE who is at LEAST gold or low plat you understand how fast people can rotate yes? let me make this clear... you CANNOT actually splitpush with Yorick once you reach a higher point in MMR. What happens? what makes me certified to tell you that? i have 340k in him and i am sitting in gold, ive tried many different rune pages , mastery trees , itemization build paths you name it. So when you actually attempt to split push in lets say a gold match you simply cant since the players actually start to pay attention to the map so when once you get a good 20 - 30% of the HP down someone will come and beat you to death no matter if you W perfectly or even summoner 6 away depending on the match up your facing. Only if you manage to acquire a kill or your fed then you actually get tier 1 by yourself YAY. But tier 2 is near impossible with the enemy rotations and your kit provides no real escape like our favorite friend Tryndamere . When you look at him hes more successful and can pull it off due to his wave clear, gap closer , and invincibility ultimate. A **foundation **is needed to perform a proper splitpush and that foundation is what Yorick lacks.

So what foundation does Yorick have to split push but successfully? he cant do it , he just doesn't have it to do it and get away safety since you labeled him a Juggernaut and hes forced to buy item 3078 first which is very costly and is a good power spike for him but afterwards he has to go full tank to achieve anything above meh..

He spawns a maiden , he spawns ghouls.. late game comes... they deal no damage maybe some if your dumb enough to ignore it for 20 seconds while they attack you then yeah otherwise no. They die fairly quickly, the maiden if spawned in a late game team fight will last only seconds before dying and then you get the notorious obnoxious cool down ..

Sure once in a while you can catch someone in your pit thingy only for someone to flash out if they aren't already part of half of leagues roster that can dash through shit like nothing. You could also tell me to send the maiden down a lane like in the spotlight video for Yorick that displays this "feat" of his and ill tell you that im going to hit you with that bat again <_< because if you do so, in lets say a gold match.. they will walk up and auto it a few times.. andddddddd they got some extra gold so yeah why waste such a long CD ult for the enemy team to acquire some additional gold?

Riot games he is a failure as of now and the upcoming tank update can put him even further down than he is now in terms of uselessness due to all the items having less HP which he needs to peel but right now anything can kill him either way so yeah **PLEASE HELP HIM !! **Yorick

9 Comments

Ralanr2 votes

Kinda dislike how his wall breaks in one turret shot.

Friendly Ram1 votes

nice name. but honestly having a free super minion in any lane can really help with splitpushing at least in silver.

ZT Xperimentor1 votes

The lack of control on an ultimate that can't accomplish much by itself is disappointing. Compair annie & orianna.

Ralanr1 votes

If it felt like a legitimate threat to towers, I'd disagree with you. Sadly the Maiden takes turret aggro over minions.

TyrekGoldenspear1 votes

If they just shifted that I feel like that would be a sizable buff, but at the same time she would easily be able to take a tower if that was the case, because she can easily maintain a minion wave beneath the tower.

Ralanr1 votes

Which is indeed a problem but would make her a threat you couldn't ignore.

ZT Xperimentor1 votes

Towers haven't been a threat or problem to take for some time now. But that's the case with any pet/minion; the exception is if they damage an enemy champion while you're under the tower.

whathemath1 votes

There's yet another big problem with splitpushing on yorick. First, let's take a look at some of league's best splitpushers.

Tryndamere Jax Irelia Trundle Notice something similar? THEY ALL HAVE ATTACK SPEED STEROIDS OR ARE HEAVILY INCENTIVIZED TO BUY ATTACK SPEED

It's really hard to kill towers without attack speed, and yorick has almost none of it. If Yorick's Q applied to structures he could at least kill towers quickly (like Nasus ) but as it is, you're absolutely right. He's a terrible splitpusher, and sending the maiden to splitpush is an even worse strategy. You're better off playing any of the champs I already mentioned. Even Camille is better at splitting; her Q procs triforce twice and she has infinitely better mobility.

JackMcSnipeyz1 votes

Hey, im plat and I occasionally play yorick and yorick is definitely not a bad split pusher. Building trinity+titanic makes you wave clear easily and spawn ghouls at a moderate rate.

his ult isnt as good as pushing turrets, but it makes up for it by making you almost a 2v1, if you make 2+ people chase after you toplane, you did your job. I've had some many games where i could solo 2 people because of the healing and cluster fuck you get with ult+4 ghouls.

My only problem is the maiden's AI, sometimes she goes down the lane regardless and sometimes she follows you, and she shouldnt be the first focus of the enemy turret since she barely deals any damage to it anyway, focusing her should be the enemy's job.

Dont get me wrong i dont mind seeing him buffed, but you know what happens when a champ becomes FotM ... Just give him QoL changes and maybe small minor tweaks.

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