Yorick vs Vladimir Counter Pick

Vladimir pays for his abilities with health rather than mana, running on Crimson Rush, and Tides of Blood spends the resource Crimson Pact converts into ability power. Against a champion whose pressure never stops — Mist Walkers keep swinging whether or not their summoner is standing next to them — that self-damage is a slow leak. Patch 16.13.1 puts the outcome at 55.3% for Yorick across 273 games.

Sanguine Pool is the trick that only half works. Two seconds of untargetability removes Vladimir from the fight, but it does not remove the graves, the summoned units already on the field, or the Maiden of the Mist, all of which are still there when he surfaces. His 450 attack range is short for a mage and long against a melee opponent, so the Transfusion duel happens at a distance Dark Procession can cut off. Defensively Vladimir is the thinner champion at 24 armor and 30 magic resistance to 36 and 32, though the health conversion in his passive narrows that by level 18: 2,470 against 2,588. His damage is entirely magic, so magic resistance rather than armor is the first defensive purchase for Yorick, and difficulty ratings of 7 and 6 leave little execution gap in either direction.