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Lasoor's Guide to Yorick Shepherd of Souls - Season 9

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Bom dia , sou do Brasil jogo seguindo seu guia de yorick porém tenhos algumas duvidas , tenho dificuldades extremas em anular um trundle , sion e urgot no early teria algum item em especial para facilitar o early game ?

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Corrupting Potion

For secondary rune, should it be Sorcery or Inspiration? I'm not sure which one is the up to date one to use.

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Info at top is most up to date. Do inspiration if you want to split push. Otherwise do sorcery and don't take ultimate hat. Take mana band

Doesn't dark harvest work on Yorick?I mean,grasp is the only key stone that works on Yorick?

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There's other options. Like Phase Rush works. Electrocute works. Dark Harvest might be decent if you're doing jungle Yorick, but that is more for farming junglers with good gap close like Nocturne. Ultimately Grasp is the best one for him as far as I can tell. I'm sure Klepto would be interesting since he can continue poking with his E and Q. Haven't tried it so not sure if it procs on ghouls or maidens, but probably not.

Hi. So I'm new on Yorick and i have one question - wich build should I use? Tank yorick or damage yorick?

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I'd say Split Push Yorick is your best bet. The other two are situational based on what your team needs from you in team fights.

Can I ask why take font of life? It doesn't seem necessary unless the healing towards allies works with your Maiden since most of the time you'll be split pushing apart from your team

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If you're just split pushing all game then you aren't making proper use of Yorick's kit. He is an insanely strong team fighter with lots of zoning abilities. His role is generally locking down a target so his team can collapse on it, then he just chases down the rest. I don't build insane mobility on him just to split push. It makes him a train in a fight. Really fast and hits hard. Also i believe it lets you heal as well when you land the mist which would go great with how your kit works. Still haven't tested that yet though.

Thanks for the reply, whenever you do test it I'll try to remember to check out the guide

Got any advice if I were to start playing yorick? I will try him out since he is free right now, but I want to be using him to climb in ranked. Is yorick good for solo carrying games? You might say that all champs can carry if you're good with them, which is true but some can carry easier than others.

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I consider Yorick a objective carry. He carries games hard through pushing objectives.

I have one problem with this, the runes and masteries don't include lifesteal, which is SUPER good on Yorick.

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Lifesteal runes are a waste of a slot. Ultimately i don't value lifesteal on yorick because he primarily heals off his Q and the passive health regeneration items you build on him. His minions prevent him from being focused down so quick healing in a fight isn't necessary.I would always take damage or defense over potential heal on Yorick.

Can you update this guide to 7.19 - 7.20?

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I'll see what I can do. Haven't played much league lately.

I've been playing this champion for a while, and relying on it's build. However when it comes to champion match-ups, it would be nice to see a larger selection of strategies, like how to deal with Illaoi.

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Found this buried in one of the reply posts from Lasoor...might help :
"As for Illaoi she is an easy champion for you to counter. Her main strength is her ultimate which you can avoid entirely by zoning her and long range kiting by throwing minions at her. Just don't go in melee range too much and you're fine."

This guide is excellent I love the fighter yorick build and highly recommend it
relly good guide gj

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Thanks!

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Great guide!

do you think i could swap out the tri force for a black cleaver? would that work? i recently had a game vs a darius and annihilated him in lane with it, so i figured i would come here and see what opinions i could get.

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As far as I know his mist walkers and possibly even maiden(would have to test that one) apply Black Cleaver. Which means that yes this is a viable item and I'd recommend it against enemies who build a lot of armor, like Darius for example. I personally prefer Titanic Hydra rush against Darius though for that HP, the lane pushing power, and the burst from the active. All in all it helps me push him off me if he tries to get too close. Then I'd get merc treads and Dead Man's Plate as to make sure he can't stick to me because if he does then Yorick loses that face off.

I would normally recommend Trinity Force for most matches because its burst passive goes really great with the dmg increase from your maiden of the mist and the attack speed helps you do more DPS and push lanes faster. Not to mention all the base stats it gives you. However it is worth saying that Black Cleaver is a recommended item on Yorick. And there are some pros who use it in different situations, however Trinity Force is still the most chosen item on Yorick among pros.