[Champion] Yorick - Page 10

On October 14 2011 13:58 Brees wrote:
when I see yorick win a game ill think about him more deeply, he reminds me orianna. everyone called her crazy OP but I never saw her win a single game. Same thing happening for yorick.

On October 14 2011 11:35 UniversalSnip wrote:
"being immovable in lane isn't intrinsically a bad thing". Lol what are you smoking.

On October 14 2011 12:33 Ryuu314 wrote:
Yea, Riot has shown that they hate stuff that's immovable in lane. Healers, WW, Udyr would all like a word with you.

On October 15 2011 03:23 STS17 wrote:




Riot saying they don't like it as a design philosophy and it being intrinsically bad are not the same thing.

The fact is if we have a champion that is immovable in lane, then the opposing jungler has only two lanes to focus on since he is largely useless when attempting to deal with that lane. This means the mistakes of your other lanes are amplified that much more since it is significantly more likely that the jungler will be in position to capitalize on your mistake with a successful gank.

I'm not saying everyone should have the ability to do it, but having a few (few, as in 3-4) champions that are sustainable enough that they can't be harassed out of lane is not necessarily a bad thing. It forces players to have to think about how they play their lanes a little bit more instead of doing almost the same exact thing in every MU.

On October 15 2011 03:25 Ryuu314 wrote:

I agree it might not be a bad thing for the game but riot certainly thinks it's bad based on their track record.

On October 15 2011 03:23 STS17 wrote:




Riot saying they don't like it as a design philosophy and it being intrinsically bad are not the same thing.

The fact is if we have a champion that is immovable in lane, then the opposing jungler has only two lanes to focus on since he is largely useless when attempting to deal with that lane. This means the mistakes of your other lanes are amplified that much more since it is significantly more likely that the jungler will be in position to capitalize on your mistake with a successful gank.

I'm not saying everyone should have the ability to do it, but having a few (few, as in 3-4) champions that are sustainable enough that they can't be harassed out of lane is not necessarily a bad thing. It forces players to have to think about how they play their lanes a little bit more instead of doing almost the same exact thing in every MU.

On October 14 2011 13:58 Brees wrote:
when I see yorick win a game ill think about him more deeply, he reminds me orianna. everyone called her crazy OP but I never saw her win a single game. Same thing happening for yorick.

On October 15 2011 07:29 Zdrastochye wrote:
Most played champ in ranked 84% winrate. Have never been raped in my lane, ever, even with ganks. The WORST case scenario is going even farm, but despite everyone who thinks he drops off lategame, if you play him enough (and I have my own build that I've not seen anyone else use) you can definitely make him viable as the game goes later.

On October 15 2011 07:52 Logrus wrote:


So, are you planning on sharing this super secret 84% winrate build that you have innovated all by yourself in the cold wee hours of the morning while you lived on nothing but saltines and ketchup packets ?

On October 15 2011 15:31 Zdrastochye wrote:


I'd love to but I'd get made fun of for it. D:

Anyways, the two core items I always get every game, and get first off are manamune and then atmas. ATMAS BEFORE A SINGLE HEALTH ITEM YOU SAY?!?!? Yeah, every game. It started with a theorycraft and it actually turned out quite well in my opinion.

I began with thinking, "why doesn't everyone play this champion who's nearly unrivaled as far as lane presence, starting at level 1?" Most people are turned off of Yorick because his damage, compared to other top solos (Irelia, Nasus, you know who I'm talking about) isn't nearly as impressive. Early-mid game, where Yorick thrives, I like having as much damage as I can. I used to run manamune into triforce, but I honestly believe I can skip some steps in getting tanky enough in the mid-game if I just build triforce if the game promises to be really long and my team lacking damage.

Anyways, once I build my manamune + atmas, I make sure to build all the health and mana tanky items I can. Team of all autoattackers? Next item frozen heart. AoE damage team depending on Amumu/Galio ults? BV. You get the picture. Anyways, since Yorick has absolutely nothing in the realm of burst damage lategame, his crazy sustainability, when also built for durability, gives him a reason to no afk as soon as laning phase ends.

How about all my games pan out, even if I get ridiculously fed early on (which happens when you either outfarm their top by a gross margin, or they think they can keep up with your level of poke and die trying) I always assume the position of the tanky guy who just won't die. I do fine eating their pokes (using ghouls to block skillshots is hilarious), and if my team is with me I can sustain through enough damage to always be one of the last ones standing in a team fight, and with the amount of movement speed he can gain/take from opponents, he does decent at cleaning up.

Anyways, that's my mindset when playing Yorick, and it's not revolutionary or anything, but I can assure you not many people consider you sane if you build atmas right after a manamune. The AD from it is around 45, which puts my AD around 160ish at level 10-12, which is a lot higher when I have my 3 ghouls up. Anyways, I've really enjoyed the success of a build that I can really call my own.

On October 16 2011 05:09 Ryuu314 wrote:
Honestly, I just go Manamune -> situational boots -> Force of Atmogs -> Sheen-> Triforce if game still hasn't ended. Never fails me.

If I feel fancy I'll throw in a SV and/or Frozen Heart instead of something listed above.

Health items are really strong on Yorick imo cause of his innate damage reduction from his passive. With any amount of CDR you can basically maitain at least 2 ghouls at all times for a total of 10% damage reduction. 20% damage reduction for most of the fight is easy with enough cdr. This innate tankiness makes health items more worth it imo.