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Yoricks Rework (Champion Rework Concept)

WisdomWordGitGuD·3/8/2016, 2:30:27 PM·1 votes·491 views

So i have been thinking over and over again why Yorick's Yorick rework taking so long and lately i have been thinking about some ideas for his kit which seem viable based on his playstyle and lore!! What we know about Yorick....he is mostly a top lane pick he is tanky and he can do a lot of poke and dmg! Let's start with his first ability.

Passive: Gravedigger's Strength Each time Yorick kills an enemy gains 5% Bonus AD which can stuck up to 5 times for each unique enemy he has killed (25% Bonus AD total)

Q: Shovel Throw -> Skillshot Dmg: 65/80/100/125/150 CD: 11/10/9/8/7 AD Ratio: 0.6 Yorick throws his shovel stoping on the first enemy champion dealing dmg and stuning him for 1.25 sec. Minions in the way get to thrown side ways. Deals 50% dmg to minions!

W: Raise Your Hands -> Area Effect Dmg: 50/65/70/80/95 CD: 16/15/14.50/14/13 Duration: 2/2.50/3/3.5/4 AP Ratio: 0.2 Yorick marks an area and command's the undead to raise their hands slowing any enemy passing by and applying dmg each second

E: Soul Release -> Self Cast Dmg: 35/45/55/65/75 CD: 20/18/17/15/14 Duration 4 sec AP Ratio: 0.5 Killing minions grant's Yorick a soul (up to 10 soul's) upon releasing the soul's Yoricks get healed by 7 HP per second for each soul he possess. Yorick also deals dmg per second to each enemy is close to him for the duration

R: Eternal Rest -> Area Effect Dmg: 125/160/200 CD: 110/100/80 Duration 3 sec AD Ratio: 1.0 Yorick Summons a coffin from the ground traping inside the first enemy champion standing in the center after a short delay of 0.5 sec applying dmg over the duration and making the champion invulnerable to take any action or dmg by any other source and also the target is invulnerable to any ally help for the time being. Enemy Champions standing near to coffin get fear for 1 sec and half the dmg of the base target during the duration

These are some Alpha thought's on Yorick's rework maybe some things are off balance and OP but as i said this are some Alpha toughts and i will work on them to improve them, also guys working at Riot can make this work and improve it to be more balanced if they decide to take some of this ideas!!

I hope you guys like some of this stuff and i want you to reply with more ideas or things we can work on to make it better.

Thank you for your time and sorry for my English and any mistake i have made nobody is perfect!! Yorick

12 Comments

axel vazquez3/8/2016, 2:33:45 PM2 votes

Yorick will be getting a rework after the Mage update which is after the Taric rework anyways.

Anraton3/8/2016, 2:38:44 PM2 votes

while it sounds interesting ... it is reallly far away from actual Yorick ... even for a Sion level rework.

Akenero3/8/2016, 4:04:31 PM2 votes

sigh The problem with Yorick is that he's got a split identity for his players. About half of us want him to stay as THE necromancer type champion, summoning minions like crazy. The other half of you want him to lose the ghouls entirely and become a bruiser.

I read every Yorick rework thread, to see if I agree with any, and quite frankly, I agree with yours the least.

Let me explain

Most bruiser Yorick reworks keep his ghouls in the form of his ultimate and death interactions. They put his fighting potential up front though, and typically end up being boring and are COMPLETELY linear.

Your rework is an elimination of this trend, by completely removing ALL unique elements to his kit, you enforce mediocrity.

His passive is a simple "kill stuff do damage" idea, which is a glass cannon enforcement.

His q is a linear skillshot. This isnt bad on it's own, but has been redone in so many ways. Examples: Olaf q, draven e, ezreal's entire kit.

W is just Morgana w if she has ryalai's. It also clashes with his passive and q, which are AD oriented, yet this fits a mage much more.

E is a general hp5 buff, but with an aoe during it, which is different, except mordekaiser does it better.

R is...wow... It's a completely random coffin summon that is mechanically equal to lissandra's ultimate. This also raises the question of: how is any of this related to the lore as you say it is?

And finally, Yorick is confirmed to be a juggernaut in his rework. This is not a juggernaut in the slightest.