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Spells:
Teleport
Flash
Ability Order
Shepherd of Souls (PASSIVE)
Yorick Passive Ability
Introduction
It's - obviously - for the awesome new champion Yorick. Well, I tried a lot of builds with him and saw a lot of builds and most of them failing. Just to make one thing sure: Yorick is an offtank. No, he's THE offtank.
He got everything an offtank needs:
- good CC (
Omen of Pestilence)
- massive "pressure" damage, you can call it DPS (by himself,
Omen of Death and his ghouls - don't make the mistake to underestimate them!)
- massive burst damage (
Omen of War)
- good harassment and lane survivability options (
Omen of Pestilence,
Omen of Famine)
- a bit of support (
Omen of War)
What Yorick doesn't have: teamfight survivability. That's why you want to build him as an offtank with some armor/MR/HP and stuff like that. Details later on :)
Now let's learn something about this new champ, the mysterious gravedigger! Have fun!

As I said, Yorick is an offtank. We need some HP!
Greater Mark of Desolation
More or less everything of our damage is physical ones. Remember: ArP works on skills dealing physical damage, too!

I'm still not sure about the seals. This is what works pretty ok (for me), but actually it wouldn't matter if you use CDR or manareg seals.

Without manareg Yorick runs out of mana pretty fast. That's all. :)
Alternative runes:
As I said, you can switch the seals for something else. You could, e.g., take MP5 on the seals and CDR or MR on the glyphs. Try out, what you find working the best for your playstyle.
There are four things you really want out of the masteries:
- 9% CDR. We want to use our omens as often as possible.
- 6 bonus ArP.
- 3 MP5 due to the mana problems.
- The experience boost.
You can also go for the defensive path 0-21-9. You should maybe use these masteries, when you got no defense runes.

Such a underrated and underused, but great skill... :)
Use this skill to get the early Philosopher's Stone, defend and push all over the map and to avoid any kind of loosing XP when you recall. Also useful to join upcoming teamfights and sometimes to save mates. Or you port to a ward (you should always have some wards! Especially when using

Since Yorick is not that bad at towerpushing (was a joke, he's really good), you can also backdoor with this.

You may say: "Hey Cell, but Yorick has a MS-Boost and slow, why should I go for some kinda movement skill?"
It's simple: your MS-Boost is just to chase down and you slow won't save you in every case.



Other viable skills:

I prefer



A pretty standard melee skill. Also fine, but in case you kick


Wow, the passive is so amazing!
In the lategame your damage will increase rapidly. Also your ghouls are very strong. Think about this: in case all three ghouls are summoned, it's a bit like if you would to twice the damage (3*30% = 90% of your original AD).

In Lategame your main damage skill (except the ultimate). This is the primary reason why you want to go for



Uh, I love this skill. Use it to...
- ... check bushes.
- ... prepare a gank.
- ... escape by placing it behind you - chasing enemies will get slowed.
- ... harass - remember that the ghoul will attack the enemies even if the explosion didn't hit them.
- ... farm minions.
- ... block skillshots by summoning the ghoul between the skillshot and you (needs some practice).
This is obviously your main skill you want to max out first and your main damage skill in the laning phase.

This skill will let you stand any harassment due to the very good heal it provides. You want to get one early point in this, more is not necessary (up to level 9). It's your second harassment and primary survival skill and very important.

The ultimate is just amazing. Again you can do a lot of things with it:
- Use it on your AD ranged carry to get way more damage in a teamfight. In case they focus your carry, he will be able to continue with dealing massive damage.
- Use it to push towers. It's a bit equal to Shaco :)
- Use it to block skillshots, also some specific ones like the ultimate from
Caitlyn (that's really cool actually).
Don't forget about your ultimate and don't wait for teammate to save - ok, sometimes you can do this, but remember: he will die anyway. Use it only when you (or the undead allie) can deal a lot of damage or get at least a kill.
General Skill Priority:




- Ghouls will attack enemy champions first(not minions). Use this to harass from far away.
- 3 Ghouls deal together nearly the damage you deal with your autoattacks. Don't underestimate their damage!
- Don't forget about the bonus damage they give to you! You should try to have always all of them summoned for a maximum of damage in a fight.
- Ghouls can block skillshots and are treated as minions (e.g. you can use
Smite on them). They will also cause Teemo's mushrooms to explode :)
- If there is no enemy to attack, they will follow you. In general. Sometimes they won't and just idle around. Don't know if it is a bug...
- A ghoul attacking an enemy while you being in tower range will cause tower aggro.
Remember: the ghouls are not just a unique mechanic, they are your damage source!


These are you start items. They offer you a very good lane survivability and burst dmg resistance.

Other viable start items:



Philosopher's Stone
This will primary solve your mana problems. After ~27 minutes this item cost is like null and it will give you gold instead. That's why you should go for this pretty early with


The healthreg is pretty nice to stand any harassment. And as a melee you will be harassed.

Nothing to say about this... just some speed for poor slow Yorick :)

Amazing (off)tank item. Very good in midgame and for midgame teamfights. This will solve our teamfight survivability problem due to his great armor and MR boosts. The damage is small, but nice to have. Simply an all-in-one item (for a tank of course). You can grab the Aegis before the


Since you are a melee, you really need the high tenacity. Especially with Yorick, due to the fact we have no good movement skill (except our summoner skills maybe).
At least pretty standard on every melee and offtank.

Our main damage item. When you get this, your


When you chase an enemy by using



So this is your core:
Philosopher's Stone



Looks pretty similiar to the typical Nasus core, hm? :)
Cost in a sum: 5185 gold.

Continue your way to



The chance for a slow is nice to have, but you want recognize it that often. Especially when your enemys get


Finish

Try to time your attacks and spells, but also try to get all 3 ghouls as well. Your priority depends a lot on the situation, but in general you want to get as much burst damage from "Sheen" as possible.

Yorick lacks a bit on HP, this should help a bit. Upgrade this to...

With this item you will be a nearly perfect offtank. I chose this item due to the fact, Yorick needs some more HP, but damage as well. But the main problem is, enemys can still escape too easy when they just escape the green ghoul. As soon as your green ghoul is down, there is nothing what would stop your victim from escaping. That's why we want to get this item, too.

Don't expect to get this far, but sometimes it happens. In that case your damage will be amazing due to the passive of


If they feed you or it is a long game, you maybe get to this as well. I like to go for this in a lategame since it provides this short speed boost and some more CDR. But in case you want some more defense, sell Philosopher's Stone and get

Remember your items should always be situational!
You should go for





To get the golem down on your own (without pull), you will need 21 points in defense, so your masteries will be 0-21-9. If you get some help (pull + some damage), it can go without. If you are not level 30 so far, you will need help for sure.
Your summoner spells are obviously



Your skill order up to level 6 should look like this:






You can get the second rank of


The build you play is the same as for lane Yorick.
When you finished blue buff, just follow the way down and clear everything.
Yorick is a fairly slow jungler at the beginning, but get's faster and faster soon. I'm still not convinced that jungling Yorick is the right way to play him, but it's definitely possible. I will let you know if earned some more experience with it :)





As soon as you earned 715 gold you can port back and get your early Philosopher's Stone and


Your range to harass is quite huge since the ghouls will attack the enemys even if they get summoned not directly beside the enemys. Know and use that.
Always keep your HP up with

As soon as you reached level 6, don't be afraid to use your ultimate. It will turn the 2v2 into a 3v2 and is like a guarantee for one or two kills. In case your enemys are dead or back to base or ganking somewhere you can push their tower with your ultimate easily. Don't forget to control your revenant by holding SHIFT and then clicking somewhere.



As soon as a teamfight is engaged, use your ultimate...
- a) on your AD ranged carry OR
- b) on one of your teammates who got focused instantly.
Make sure all your ghouls are all the time available.
I don't see anything in it.
Philosopher's Stone is enough to solve your mana problems and also offers gold and healthreg.
With just


Side note: could it be some people are going that crazy for aggressive DPS stuff to abuse the ultimate? Could it be a genious strategy? I'll try to find out...
I really recommend not to get that item. If you want damage, take a B.F. sword. But not


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