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Yorick

The mechanic

Yorick summons a maiden that pushes a lane by herself, which makes him the best split pusher in the game as long as his team occupies everyone else.

Why it needs saying

Split pushing is only a strategy if the other four play along. Without an explicit call they take a fight, and the game is gone.

When you play them

  1. team chat

    what you type

    im split with maiden hold mid

    in full english

    I'm split pushing with the maiden, hold mid without me.

    the context

    "Hold" means keep a position without engaging. The line gives both halves of the plan: what you are doing and what the others must do. Without the second half, your team gets caught four versus five.

  2. team chat

    what you type

    dont fight without me hold

    in full english

    Don't take a fight without me, just hold.

    the context

    Split pushing loses games when the team fights four versus five anyway. "just hold" is the hardest instruction in the game to enforce, and the most worth repeating.

When an enemy plays them

  1. team chat

    what you type

    someone stop yorick maiden

    in full english

    Someone go stop Yorick and the maiden.

    the context

    Yorick's maiden pushes a lane by herself. Ignoring Yorick means losing a tower every two minutes. It takes a player who can hold the duel, and he has to be sent early.

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