u/Cat_Bot4

I mean it seriously, on this sub and others people are always suggesting picking Yorick into Illaoi while insisting Mordekaiser is a fake counter. Sure the pics below are small sample size but im just using it as example so you get the point. Since the new season start I just take ignite and play super aggressive early, you can only get hit by his cage if you put yourself in a position to do so, even post 6 this applies; keep your distance and farm with q if needed, for all ins you have multiple options post 6 vs Yorick, either try to kill his maiden if you can since hes very weak without it, or more risky w to him and e+r ignite hit the champion then finish the clone and hope vessel kills him. Im not saying Yorick cant beat Illaoi, but he cant be first timing it and actually has know what hes doing, and even then its a skill matchup.

this one just picked it because its a so called hard counter

this guy was an otp still didnt matter

ignite diff

another example

Morde on the other hand should NEVER lose to an Illaoi if he knows what hes doing. "just time your r to cancel his" only works if the Morde is dumb and doesn't know about this interaction. A good Morde will just either hold his ult and force you into fights where you have to ult or die, or buffer his ult with your q cast time or his e, Illaoi cannot r during either so he can pretty much guarantee he gets his ult off on you without fear of it being canceled. Im tired of people pretending this is somehow an easy matchup and if you ban Morde you just suck - this matchup is literally impossible if the Morde knows how the matchup works, and even if you got ahead in lane he can just ult you in 1v2s or 1v3s or teamfights and make the game unplayable for you, even if hes 0/7/0.

Statistically Morde is also Illaoi's lowest winrate matchup while Yorick isnt even listed as a counter https://u.gg/lol/champions/illaoi/build?rank=emerald . The actual hardest Illaoi counters that are dodge and ban worthy aside from Morde are Kayle and Garen (stupid broken champ). Even Dirty Mobs has said before that Morde is way harder and Yorick isnt that bad.