Yorick vs Vladimir Counter Pick

Vladimir pays for his spells with health instead of mana, and Crimson Rush keeps that cost running. Tides of Blood draws on the same resource that Crimson Pact turns into ability power. Against a champion whose pressure never lets up, since Mist Walkers attack whether or not their summoner is beside them, that self-inflicted damage adds up. Patch 16.13.1 gives the matchup 55.3% for Yorick across 273 games.

Sanguine Pool only partly delivers. For two seconds Vladimir cannot be targeted, but the graves, the units already summoned, and the Maiden of the Mist stay on the field and remain active when he reappears. His 450 attack range is modest for a mage yet generous against melee foes, so the Transfusion duel happens at a range that Dark Procession can shut down. Defensively, Vladimir is the more fragile of the two, with 24 armor and 30 magic resistance against 36 and 32, although his passive’s health conversion closes much of that gap by level 18: 2,470 versus 2,588. All of Yorick‘s damage is magic, which makes magic resistance, not armor, his first defensive buy, and difficulty ratings of 7 and 6 leave little execution gap either way.