Yorick is going to be gutted after Sterak's changes
Before we start on this thread, here's a quick overview of what's gonna happen to Yorick BESIDES the Sterak's changes
Yorick is a champ that relies heavily on use of somewhat-poking with Q + minions + Maiden in order to trade and fight properly
If his minions and Maiden don't update their damage based on his AD every 0.5 seconds for next patch then, Yorick will be near-dumpstered simply because his only damage will come from his Q and even THEN it'll be at least a good 200-300 damage lost PER Q for most of the game
200-300 damage, mind you, will EASILY mean the difference between Yorick winning a fight and him losing a fight
Conqueror is almost unusable on Yorick because of the lack of AD updating on Minions and Maiden, it's workable but makes Yorick TOO easy to beat in lane
Atma's is coming back, and Yorick will have almost NO use for it because of his minions not getting a constant AD change
Now onto Sterak's
Sterak's gauge is an item that, as of this patch, is only really usable on Triforce users due to how much damage it gives to the Sheen-passive
Yorick's high Base AD(if I remember right, the highest in the game at level 18) is what gives Sterak's a guaranteed spot next to Triforce in every Yorick main's item-builds
Sterak's being changed to Bonus AD will be a welcome change for some Bruisers, some assassins, but Sterak's will NOT be welcome for any Yorick main after it becomes Bonus AD
Assuming that the change of tying the AD to Shield from Sterak's goes through, Yorick's minions won't even be able to gain that extra AD
This makes Yorick into less of a minion-mancer(something that he was HEAVILY DESIGNED FOR BEFORE AND AFTER HIS REWORK) and instead pushes Yorick towards buying Triforce into splitpush items(I.E:
) while forcing Yorick to lose fights that he would otherwise be winning(by using Sterak's)
Riot can show us that they aren't biased towards ADCs if they give Yorick a compensation buff
It'd be the perfect opportunity for Riot to proove that they still care about toplaners and that they are committed to finding a way to balance the game
If Riot DOESN'T give yorick ANY sort of compensation buff, it's huge evidence that they do not care about giving compensation buffs to non-ADCs and any non-Assassins
should currently feel ashamed, and anyone who thinks Riot shouldn't make this change should feel ashamed