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How to Win Kai'Sa vs Yorick Counter MatchupKai'Sa is in the b tier of champions

Kai'Sa vs Yorick

How to Beat Yorick as Kai'Sa in LoLKai'Sa is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Yorick as Kai'Sa

based on 3,573 Kai'Sa vs Yorick matchups
Win Rate
45.6 %
K/D/A
2.27
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter statistics from the millions of recently ranked League matches that we evaluate each and every week. This guide on how to beat Yorick as Kai'Sa came out of an evaluation of 3573 ranked matches where both champs fought each other. This champion matchup is somewhat rare. Kai'Sa is forced to battle against Yorick in only 2.2% of her rounds.

Kai'Sa vs Yorick Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa has done a terrible job of beating Yorick. Normally, she wins a lowly 45.6% of games the champs clash against one another in. In Kai'Sa versus Yorick rounds, Kai'Sa’s side is 0.2% more probable to gain first blood. This indicates that she most likely will get first blood against Yorick.

Best Kai'Sa vs Yorick Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterGuinsoo's RagebladeKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Wit's EndStormsurgeNashor's ToothRunaan's Hurricane

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kai'Sa to level upq
>
Second ability for Kai'Sa to level upe
>
Last skill for Kai'Sa to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Kai'Sa's passive ability p
Kai'Sa's q ability q
Kai'Sa's w ability w
Kai'Sa's e ability e
Kai'Sa's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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E
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E
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W
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Guide to Countering Yorick as Kai'Sa

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Yorick

Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.

Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.

Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.

Advice to Win Against Yorick

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.

Kai'Sa vs Yorick Counter Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
45.6 %
VS
Win Rate
54.4 %
Yorick Image
7.5
< Kills >
4.5
5.9
< Deaths >
5.3
5.9
< Assists >
4.3
1.72
< Killing Sprees >
1.02
180
< Minions Killed >
189
0.23
< Dragons Killed >
0.15
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.86
11,592
< Physical Damage >
13,918
7,605
< Magic Damage >
7,257
368
< True Damage >
464
19,566
< Damage Dealt >
21,640
19,613
< Damage Taken >
27,243
12,379
< Gold Earned >
12,476
2.1
< Towers >
3.75
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
4,648
< Total Healing >
7,059
12,820
< Experience >
15,516
17
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
49
< Time Dealing CC >
200

How to Counter Yorick with Kai'Sa in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here clarify several valuable Kai'Sa against Yorick counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences between this pair of champions. Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yorick’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Yorick. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.

Kai'Sa normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes less damage than Yorick. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kai'Sa and Yorick

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Yorick
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kai'Sa
Yorick

Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Yorick?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when playing against Yorick, with a 45.6% win rate. As a result, Kai'Sa makes a bad counter to Yorick.

While Kai'Sa does have a much lower winrate compared to Yorick, when on opposite teams, Kai'Sa also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Kai'Sa into Yorick.

Additionally, Kai'Sa also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yorick. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa vs Yorick matchups, Yorick is the better champ with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Kai'Sa is a garbage counter to Yorick. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kai'Sa against Yorick.

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

How We Calculated Our Kai'Sa vs Yorick Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Yorick as Kai'Sa, we analyzed 3,573 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Yorick as Kai'Sa comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Kai'Sa to counter Yorick during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kai'Sa often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Yorick. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Kai'Sa versus Yorick build include Bloodthirster, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Kraken Slayer. When Kai'Sa incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better against Yorick than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kai'Sa had an average winrate of 45.6% when countering Yorick with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Yorick as Kai'Sa, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Kai'Sa vs Yorick clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 45.6% winrate overall.

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