Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
You can cast Smite on Mist Walkers and the Maiden of the Mist to damage or kill them.
You can attack Dark Procession to break the wall down.
Try to thin out Yorick's minions before you engage him, Mist Walkers will die from a basic attack or a single target spell.
The stats shown on this page feature some important Blitzcrank against Yorick counter stats that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yorick’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Blitzcrank may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Yorick. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Blitzcrank typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Yorick. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Blitzcrank usually wins when trying to fight Yorick, with a 51.6% win rate. As a result, Blitzcrank makes a good counter to Yorick.
While Blitzcrank does have a higher win rate than Yorick, when they face off with one another, Blitzcrank also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Blitzcrank into Yorick.
Furthermore, Blitzcrank has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yorick. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Blitzcrank vs Yorick matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Blitzcrank is a decent counter for Yorick. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Blitzcrank against Yorick.
If you would like to truly master Blitzcrank to counter Yorick during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Blitzcrank on average picks up a lot less CS compared to Yorick. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to have in your Blitzcrank versus Yorick build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Celestial Opposition. When Blitzcrank used at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Yorick than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Blitzcrank had an average win rate of 51.6% when countering Yorick with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Yorick as Blitzcrank, Blitzcrank players should use the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Blitzcrank vs Yorick counters, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.6% winrate overall.
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