League Of Legends - Yorick

Yorick

Whats up everyone. I decided to take some time and write about Yorick - The Grave Digger. Right now he's my favorite character and the one i use the most. Some don't realize this but he's overpowered. His healing ghoul heals him dramatically. In fights i wouldn't be surprised if you penta-kill a team. After you play him a few times you will see that his rotation and his spells aren't that hard to use.

Masteries

Defense

Well we start with masteries. Although there are many variations of ways you can put your masteries this will give Yorick a big boost in using his ghouls which require CDR (Cool Down Reduction). Yoricks ghouls are his bread and butter. It is extremely important to remember that. So we put 9 into defense to get a big boost in armor, magic resist, and big boost in health regeneration. The more mana you have the more health regeneration you will get. And of course as Yorick you use lots of spells so you require a good chunk of mana to keep casting ghouls.

Utility

The 21 points into utility are very important. They focus on cooldown reduction, movement speed, and hp/mana regeneration. You need to remember CDR is important and you need it to summon your ghouls a lot faster because they are the ones that provide you with kills and provide you with damage reduction when all three are up. I have tried many other talent tree but they are not as effective or will require you to get other items which will ruin your spec.

Runes

Lets talk about Runes. These runes focus on 3 things which are Magic Resist, Armor, and Attack damage. When entering a battle with Yorick it is extremely important to be able to be as durable as you can because you will be face to face with your opponent or opponents. Therefore, you need a boost of armor and magic resist from the start to become a little bit more durable. 

Attack damage is the bread and butter of Yoricks stat. You need a good chunk of  AD (Attack damage) to increase you and you're ghouls damage output. The more AD you have the more your Omen of Famine will heal you as well.

Summoner Spells

Summoner Spells vary on your taste. But the first and most important spell to me is Flash because it will remove you from a fight which would otherwise kill you. It can also be very useful to catch up to opponents.

Now a second spell you can choose exhaust or ignite. Exhaust will help you catch up with your opponent and reduce all damage he deals if he decides to stick around and that can give you a big boost in a fight.


Spells

Unholy Covenant 1)Omen of War 2)Omen of Pestilence 3)Omen of Famine 4)Omen of Death

Unholy Covenant is Yorick's Passive.  Yorick will take 5% reduced damage and his basic attack deals 5% more damage for each ghoul that is active. Yorick's ghouls have 35% of Yorick's Attack Damage and Health as well. This passive ability will make you extremely tanky as long as your ghouls remain alive or are constantly summoned during fights.

Omen of War is Yorick's  first ability. On his next attack he will deal bonus physical damage and summon a spectral ghoul that deals additional damage and moves faster than Yoricks other ghouls. While the Spectral Ghoul is alive, Yorick moves faster as well. This becomes very important because you will need to catch up to your targets fast enough to slow them with your next ability.

Omen of Pestilence is Yorick's second ability. Yorick summons a Decaying Ghoul that creates an explosion in a targeted location. This ghoul will deal damage to enemies in range of it and slow them as well. While the Decaying Ghoul remains alive, nearby enemies continue to be slowed. This means that if the ghoul chases your target and eventually hits him/her they will be slowed and this will give you time to catch up to them. This is a very good spell to keep enemies snared for your team.

Omen of Famine is Yorick's third spell. This spell will summon a Ravenous Ghoul that heals Yorick for the damage it deals. This spell needs to be maxed out first because it's what makes Yorick extremely durable during fights. This ghoul will provide health to you while alive so always have him active during fights.

Omen of Death is Yoricks Ultimate ability. Yorick conjures a revenant in the image of one of his allies. If his ally dies while its revenant is alive, the revenant sacrifices itself to reanimate them and give them time to enact vengeance. Basically if you cast this on yourself before you die you will resurrect for a few seconds giving you full health, mana, and 10 seconds or more to kill you're opponent or help an allie escape. I honestly think its wise to die in some occasions lol. Also when you cast this spell you will have a duplicate help you do damage but not as much as the original. That can be used as an advantage to kill someone faster but if the duplicate dies you won't resurrect if they kill you because the Omen of Death was consumed.

Ability Sequence

This sequence will give you the most from you're Omen of Famine to give you self heals. Also Omen of Pestilence is next in points because you want to be able to slow them down as much as possible to catch up to your opponent. Omen of War is for last but still very useful in fights. 

Rotation

Omen Of Famine - Omen of Pestilence - Omen of War

(Rinse and repeat)

"You're ghouls are you're homeboys, summon them in the time of need"

Strategy

When entering a battle you should use Omen of Pestilence first to slow your target down if you're trying to catch up to them. If your entering a battle in progress use Omen of Famine first so you will have to ready later in the fight, fallowed by Omen of Pestilence and Omen of War. Having the 3 ghouls up will reduce damage from Unholy Covenant.

Items

1) Mercury Treads (850)

2) Manamune (1115)

3) Trinity Force (4070)

4) Warmonger's Armor (3000)

5) Atma's Impalar (2355)

6) The Bloodthirster (3000)

You can start of the game with a Meki Pendant (390) and 2 Health Potions. As you save up gold you can then buy a Tear of the Goddess (605) and Boots of Speed (350). Then purchase Manamune, Mercury Treads, and then rest in the order of the picture. I hope this combination helps. Every fight may vary on the items you get and in what order. If you can get a BF sword from the start then getting a Bloodthirster quick can make you really strong. But that's my opinion of course.

And of course, leave comments and let me know if this has helped you in any way. I'm here to receive advice from all of you and give advice and opinions on each hero. I will post videos and more pictures in the future. If you have any suggestions for things you would like to see please let me know. Ty and enjoy! =D