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Alas Poor Yorick, Even Immortals Can Die... [POLL] DO YOU INTEND TO PLAY YORICK MORE OR LESS?

FAZEMLGCODPLAYER·8/28/2016, 12:12:58 AM·1 votes·869 views

I have seen better decisions in the comments section on Pornhub, this rework has not been thought out, Yorick should stay Yorick, not "Spooky Ghost Man" Yorick clearly is not a ghost but a "Ghoulish Figure" Yorick's Rework is worse than Mordekaiser's Morde atleast got to keep his Identity, and image. Yorick is now obsessed with some random "Maiden" Yorick no longer has ghouls Yorick Can no longer jungle Yorick Has played against 100 or more Dariuses or Yasuos and thats it last patch. Not even enough games to say is he good or bad against each champion Yorick InvertedComposer, anyone heard of him? He kinda like playing Yorick in Challenger. Yorick Q=speed boost+ghoul W=slow+ghoul E=ghoul with lifesteal R=clone+10 second revive WHATS SO BAD ABOUT THIS? "If you can learn what a champions abilities do and what they scale off of, they should be reworked or scrapped"-Rules for Making Champions Not actually true but relevant none the less TaricXKalista=newYorick "Yorick’s abilities are another thing entirely. Riot has forgotten how to make simple champions, feeling the need to cram as much text and explanation into an ability as possible" and "These graves start to add up real quick and I hate how cluttered Summoner’s Rift has gotten in League of Legends . Bard chimes, Kindred marks and Skarner spires cover the map and add “mini games” to League ’s already complicated system. An Illaoi/ Yorick lane looks like it belongs in another game entirely, covered with graves and tentacles like an 80s metal band album cover" -iDigitalTimes To quote the League of Legends Reddit: "WHAT THE F*CK IS THIS ????" -trafaco Here are a few fun facts about Yorick, they are slightly dated, and really showcase how much Riot like this champion Yorick was released 1,348 days ago, on June 6, 2011. Yorick last got a new skin on that same day. Yorick was last free 845 days ago, on November 6, 2012. That was during Season 2. The last time the Yorick Rework was mentioned as being worked on by Riot was 422 days ago, on January 3, 2014. The Rework was stated to be put "on ice" on December 15, 2014. No news since then. The last change made to Yorick was 332 days ago, on April 3, 2014. He got his base armor increased by 4. Yorick is the 4th least popular champion in Normal mode (as of the time of this writing), beating only Urgot, Zac, and Galio. Yorick is the 7th least popular champion in Ranked Solo/Duo mode (as of the time of this writing), beating only Urgot, Zac, Galio, Kog'Maw, Singed, and Elise/Skarner (depending on if you're looking at daily, weekly, or monthly) Yorick is now the champion that has gone the longest without a new skin (1819 days ago), as he received both of his skins on release. Yorick has one of the most consistent win rates between patches, floating around 47% for months on end. THAT MEANS THAT HE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY IGNORED BY RIOT AND BLOCKED FROM PLAYERS AT EVERY POSSIBLE MOMENT. "As shown in the ability description, Yorick's abilities seem to be very overpowered in certain situations.  Unfortunately, those 5 over-powered abilities are not enough to break the game.  Yorick has everything except for hard Crowd Control and blinks (gap closers/escape) which the current meta highly demands.  This means if you are a vigorous meta follower, you will find Yorick to be somewhat boring and uneasy to play.  However, if you would like to play Yorick for his good aspects, I'll tell you about everything I know about him."-InvertedComposer THIS CHARACTER WAS LAST FREE, GOT A SKIN, BUFFED/NERFED, IN 2012 (I Know his armor was raised by 4 Apr 3 2014) I KNOW YOU AT RIOT HAVE READ MY POSTS BECAUSE MY REQUESTS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. YOU HAVE FIXED MINOR ISSUES(ult dealing 100000 true damage actually lagged out an opponent computer, that game my damage to champiosn out numbered that of the enemies entire team total damage) NOW PLEASE YORICK AINT BROKE, DON'T FIX HIM. simple as this, buff the base damage on Q and scaling on E, boost his ults duration on later ranks, boost his base mana, and bam, a character that has some scaling, and can get a higher that 47% win rate. Yorick's play rate has dropped, almost continuously for the last 24 months, because the champion is weak. Yorick is boxed out from new players: Never Free 4800, the 2nd highest regular price Never Mentioned Meanwhile other champions that are Hard to balance have been spotlighted by Riot sponsored broadcasts Teemo Singed Tryndamere Kayle Zilean and still others were taken care of quiet well without a major rework Jax Fiddlesticks Vladimir Oh did I mention that Yorick shines in 1v1s and at split pushing, say maybe in the jungle? Oh wait I forgot, the graves stay put, and only 1 camp has 4 creeps. Did I ever mention that Yorick is ideal for people who do not want to play a "standard" League of legends champion? I highly recommend you look at InvertedComposer's Website: Leagueoflegendsmath.com

9 Comments

Dovahkiin4168/28/2016, 12:23:19 AM3 votes

For one. New Yorick can jungle. The 'ghouls' follow you until you send them to attack with your e, he can solo drag and rift herald also.

Two, from someone who has mastery 5 with Yorick, he needed this rework, and I love the direction they have taken it. Before this he was such cancer in the top lane. Picking him basically makes your opponent unable to play League of Legends. With the constant W,E,Q combo will half health almost anyone who isn't a mega tank. He is cancer.

His rework looks amazing, and just pushes what he is to a new level, (one that isn't cancer). A juggernaut splitpusher that has 1V3 potential if he gets ahead. Even 1V5 potential if he's fed. He can't mindlessly spam his 'ghouls' anymore as well, which is definitely a plus.

I plan on maining the new Yorick, this coming from someone who has played him to death, (pun not intended). His old kit was too boring to keep me playing, but his new one looks very promising.

Nice facts btw, I enjoyed it. Good job

SwiftKitten888/28/2016, 12:15:57 AM1 votes

where is the option.. for.. "I never have played Yorick and the rework changes nothing?"

ThugWalrus8/28/2016, 12:58:08 AM1 votes

I plan to try him. I've played quite a bit of old Yorick, mostly because he's brainless and I can bully champs like Fiora that normally wreck me in lane. I don't suspect the new yorick will really be for me since he seems really split-push oriented and that's not really my style

zacktootall8/28/2016, 3:11:55 AM1 votes

i think his rework is amazing and i have had alot of fun playing him on the pbe and i will absolutely play a hell alot more of him when his rework happens. also reworked yorick can still jungle sure you can't spawn your ghouls as often but i feel this rework did good for yorick

TheDevice8/28/2016, 3:56:40 AM1 votes

His rework looks amazing. His identity as a necromancer is intact. I don't see the problem.

I'll probably only have a problem when Riot decides to nerf the new Yorick into the dirt because he's seen too much. Cant let some of these champions outshine Riots babies. Yasuo Riven Quinn Darius Gnar Irelia Fiora

"Niche" is code for "unloved"

Ðelofasht8/28/2016, 11:25:07 PM1 votes

As a Yorick main since S2, I will be playing him even more than my 900k mastery might show. . . I have a couple thousand games on Yorick, and will have several thousand more unless Riot destroys the game completely between now and the next few years. I had totally abandoned this game for the past 8 months because I knew the rework would be so far off and was getting tired of being dragged down into Silver by playing with really friendly, but not the most skilled, friends of mine. I miss playing with them, but it's worth it to play on a level where I am not getting stomped by random teemos because mid and bottom fed hard. I am simply not good enough to carry silvers up to platinum. . . guess I'd be in Diamond if I could do that.