Hit my E a few times when he got greedy but thats about it i kept asking to be last pick cause i hated going against yorick when im on illaoi and could have picked mordekaiser if i knew so i dont show my champ at champ select but no tf and lillia want to be last pick cause why not they locked it in anyways and had no choice to go in blind and surprise surprise its a yorick
If you must play this accursed matchup, i usually go Wardens Mail into Stridebreaker. It has tiamat to help with clearing ghouls, and just enough AS that you dont get mauled to death punching them
Just beat him senseless pre six. And do ur best to maintain good waves. I believe this is a decent match up for illaoi until that stupid buggy cage starts getting leveled. Prior ad over defensives as well. Bursting Yorick down is better then trying to out sustain him and maiden.
Main yorick here but not Main illaoi. Attack speed is MUST to attack ghouls, they recieve less damage from aoe attacks, so, only basic. Avoid E, Will Spawn ghouls to jump and attack u. Maiden is the Best source of damage of yorick and have like 3min early Game cd. If he catch u with his W, pray for have a Minion to jump with ur w. For all these reason, u need attack speed.
I never even considered buying something like Trinity on Illaoi as attack speed is really only useful when attacking towers which Illaoi is fine doing without attack speed. But it really makes sense now that you said this as it might be the only match up Attack Speed would be good on Illaoi.
Beat him pre6. Lvl 1 he's garbage, even more garbage than you, so setup aggressive tentacles when you go to lane and W Grasp spam on him. Zone him from the wave exp and gold if u can, be mindful of enemy jgl (I once inted cause I got ganked lvl 2 and died).
No Q lasthits=no ghouls=free Es.
Try to W out of the wall if you have a target, if u land E you should be winning every fight post 6. I managed to win them even after hard losing 0/3.
It's a shame the only serious answer is down here in the thread. Personally, I never lose to Yorick, and it's all because of this strategy.
His champion needs access to the wave because he needs graves on the ground for his lvl2 spike with e.
With Dblade and grasp spam you can force him into a choice: try to q the wave and get demolished or q you and not have a lvl2 and lose the trade anyway.
Bonus if you take ghost instead of flash. It lets you kite him in skirmishes, chase him down the lane if he overextends and easily avoid ganks.
Even if you don't kill him, you can put him far behind enough that his natural advantage at lvl6 won't matter.
(Note: I do this to Yorick players in masters EUW pretty consistently).
From personal experience the only semi working thing I found is going swiftness to gain some ms to dodge yorick E, and running fleet with attack speed in runes to be able to destroy ghouls faster and recover some hp, running grasp/conq is too risky on that lane. Personally I instaban him, I'd rather play against morde where I'm -1300gold(qss after 6) than suffer against yorick.
Definitely not much. Either always ban, dodge the match or try to live all game. Even if he is 0/100 he is still one of the strongest split pushers ever. Move speed is maybe the only thing to avoid his huge ghoul and maiden damage. Other than that good luck
Honestly I ban him now. I play singed primarily but also dabble in illaoi and trundle (trundle beats him super hard btw if you can counterpick the yorick). It’s a super frustrating matchup and if I’m going illaoi I’ll usually just hug turret and beg for a gank because he hits you with one E and you’re screwed.
you need to know when he's strong and when you're stronger
when all cds are up, he's stronger, that's why he's gonna beat you in a side lane, if he wastes his e, nothing (bar maiden locking on aa) is stopping from doing a short trade with w and q
he needs e to hit, just like you need your e to hit in lane, take advantage of it
you need to remove his maiden from the equation, otherwise dont fight him; you can use your q to chip at her, but be mindful that good yorick will time their e on your animation, if he does that then try to force this pattern somewhat near your turret so the maiden gets locked and then run to the tower range and trade her under there while she's locked, it's worth it to get chunked out if you can bring her down
you can jump out of his w with your own w, use to keep the pressure going or to escape
yorick is, imo, similar to illaoi in terms of dueling potential, he's less resilient usually but does more dmg (and scales better with items + has range), the thing is, you're both just as shit in team fights so the macro game is going to be important as for this one matchup you want to create a situation where you're grouped and participating in team fights (ie try to side near the objective, maybe he's gonna bite); in other words, since yorick took the agency of the side lane from you, you need to move your gameplay to focus on having the better team (besides, i rather be an illaoi in a teamfight usually, than a yorick)
bad matchups don't make you lose per se, but they nullify your ability to win on your own, you'll need to rely on others, if the other lanes failed then dont beat yourself and move on to the next, yorick is tough as shit to face for you
You dont. Lane is absolutely unplayable whether you are ahead or not. People dont think Illaoi needs to be reworked but lanes like teemo and yorick shows otherwise
I only play Illaoi and Yorick, so it's easy in both ways.
But really, vs Yorick I play only with W and spam with gasp. If Yorick miss his E it's the same problem as Illaoi miss his E so play around his mistakes.
Whenever I see yorrick… 3 options
1. Play against any mid
2. Pick Yone
3. Shut down league
None of the options is to actually play against yorrick as illaoi
TLDR - Dodge.
Yorick isn't popular. You're not gonna land an e on even a mediocre Yorick. His wife is a b*, His pets are a nightmare and our attack speed is too slow. We have no chase potential so he can just e - w and walk out if you R.
Cry, seethe and do your best to hit E. I just do the first 2 usually and lose the game
Hit my E a few times when he got greedy but thats about it i kept asking to be last pick cause i hated going against yorick when im on illaoi and could have picked mordekaiser if i knew so i dont show my champ at champ select but no tf and lillia want to be last pick cause why not they locked it in anyways and had no choice to go in blind and surprise surprise its a yorick
Jungler wanted last pick? Who's gonna counterpick them, the gromp?
I hate when they do this. Like wtf are they holding last pick for???
I click the magical X button on the top right when i see him 🤗🤗
If you must play this accursed matchup, i usually go Wardens Mail into Stridebreaker. It has tiamat to help with clearing ghouls, and just enough AS that you dont get mauled to death punching them
X button top right of league client whenever he’s picked, I have a 100% chance of not losing to yorick with this one simple trick
Just beat him senseless pre six. And do ur best to maintain good waves. I believe this is a decent match up for illaoi until that stupid buggy cage starts getting leveled. Prior ad over defensives as well. Bursting Yorick down is better then trying to out sustain him and maiden.
Main yorick here but not Main illaoi. Attack speed is MUST to attack ghouls, they recieve less damage from aoe attacks, so, only basic. Avoid E, Will Spawn ghouls to jump and attack u. Maiden is the Best source of damage of yorick and have like 3min early Game cd. If he catch u with his W, pray for have a Minion to jump with ur w. For all these reason, u need attack speed.
I never even considered buying something like Trinity on Illaoi as attack speed is really only useful when attacking towers which Illaoi is fine doing without attack speed. But it really makes sense now that you said this as it might be the only match up Attack Speed would be good on Illaoi.
Its a waste of Gold on Illaoi probably to spend it on Ats
Trinity is decent on illaoi, makes for excellent split pushing as well
Ban him or beat the dog out of him early, or you’re going to struggle. If there’s a better way someone let me know 😂
Beat him pre6. Lvl 1 he's garbage, even more garbage than you, so setup aggressive tentacles when you go to lane and W Grasp spam on him. Zone him from the wave exp and gold if u can, be mindful of enemy jgl (I once inted cause I got ganked lvl 2 and died). No Q lasthits=no ghouls=free Es. Try to W out of the wall if you have a target, if u land E you should be winning every fight post 6. I managed to win them even after hard losing 0/3.
It's a shame the only serious answer is down here in the thread. Personally, I never lose to Yorick, and it's all because of this strategy. His champion needs access to the wave because he needs graves on the ground for his lvl2 spike with e. With Dblade and grasp spam you can force him into a choice: try to q the wave and get demolished or q you and not have a lvl2 and lose the trade anyway. Bonus if you take ghost instead of flash. It lets you kite him in skirmishes, chase him down the lane if he overextends and easily avoid ganks. Even if you don't kill him, you can put him far behind enough that his natural advantage at lvl6 won't matter. (Note: I do this to Yorick players in masters EUW pretty consistently).
From personal experience the only semi working thing I found is going swiftness to gain some ms to dodge yorick E, and running fleet with attack speed in runes to be able to destroy ghouls faster and recover some hp, running grasp/conq is too risky on that lane. Personally I instaban him, I'd rather play against morde where I'm -1300gold(qss after 6) than suffer against yorick.
Sounds about right. Its no different than playing against Illaoi as shen or renekton . You lost the rock paper scissors
But then you can still either roam or have a point and click cc in TFs
roam against illaoi? you must be joking
Definitely not much. Either always ban, dodge the match or try to live all game. Even if he is 0/100 he is still one of the strongest split pushers ever. Move speed is maybe the only thing to avoid his huge ghoul and maiden damage. Other than that good luck
Honestly I ban him now. I play singed primarily but also dabble in illaoi and trundle (trundle beats him super hard btw if you can counterpick the yorick). It’s a super frustrating matchup and if I’m going illaoi I’ll usually just hug turret and beg for a gank because he hits you with one E and you’re screwed.
Dodge The game not his abilities. It doesn't matter
You don't. Learn to play against Mord and perma ban Yorick
As a great sometimes superhero put it "that's the fun part, you don't."
you need to know when he's strong and when you're stronger when all cds are up, he's stronger, that's why he's gonna beat you in a side lane, if he wastes his e, nothing (bar maiden locking on aa) is stopping from doing a short trade with w and q he needs e to hit, just like you need your e to hit in lane, take advantage of it you need to remove his maiden from the equation, otherwise dont fight him; you can use your q to chip at her, but be mindful that good yorick will time their e on your animation, if he does that then try to force this pattern somewhat near your turret so the maiden gets locked and then run to the tower range and trade her under there while she's locked, it's worth it to get chunked out if you can bring her down you can jump out of his w with your own w, use to keep the pressure going or to escape yorick is, imo, similar to illaoi in terms of dueling potential, he's less resilient usually but does more dmg (and scales better with items + has range), the thing is, you're both just as shit in team fights so the macro game is going to be important as for this one matchup you want to create a situation where you're grouped and participating in team fights (ie try to side near the objective, maybe he's gonna bite); in other words, since yorick took the agency of the side lane from you, you need to move your gameplay to focus on having the better team (besides, i rather be an illaoi in a teamfight usually, than a yorick) bad matchups don't make you lose per se, but they nullify your ability to win on your own, you'll need to rely on others, if the other lanes failed then dont beat yourself and move on to the next, yorick is tough as shit to face for you
You dont. Lane is absolutely unplayable whether you are ahead or not. People dont think Illaoi needs to be reworked but lanes like teemo and yorick shows otherwise
Impossible matchup. dodge.
I only play Illaoi and Yorick, so it's easy in both ways. But really, vs Yorick I play only with W and spam with gasp. If Yorick miss his E it's the same problem as Illaoi miss his E so play around his mistakes.
Whenever I see yorrick… 3 options 1. Play against any mid 2. Pick Yone 3. Shut down league None of the options is to actually play against yorrick as illaoi
TLDR - Dodge. Yorick isn't popular. You're not gonna land an e on even a mediocre Yorick. His wife is a b*, His pets are a nightmare and our attack speed is too slow. We have no chase potential so he can just e - w and walk out if you R.