# Yorick Counters, Matchups & Tips | Baron Buff
See Yorick counters, hardest matchups, and tips to play against or draft around Yorick in League of Legends.
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Specialist · Split Pusher · Top

Prepare for battle with Yorick — master their strengths and exploit their weaknesses before the game starts.

## Playstyle Profile

Teamfight Role

Power Spike Mid game

Split Threat None

Backline Access Low

## Yorick's Strengths

- Creates map pressure through split-push — Yorick forces enemies to answer the side lane or lose towers

## How to Play Yorick

Champion-specific pre-match tips

### Lane Phase

Last hit minions with Q to stack at least three graves before casting E to ensure maximum ghoul damage during a trade.

### Lane Phase

Cast E to apply its slow before dropping your W, making it significantly easier to center the cage and trap a moving target.

### Lane Phase

Summon your ult immediately upon reaching level 6 to aggressively crash the wave and force an enemy recall or secure early tower plating.

### Mid Game

Let your ult tank Baron or Dragon when soloing the objective to avoid the monster's damage reduction debuff and maintain your maximum damage output.

### Mid Game

Release your ult in a side lane opposite of the active neutral objective, then immediately group with your team to create a cross-map numbers advantage.

### Mid Game

Push the side lane wave past the river, then throw E at nearby enemy jungle camps to command your ghouls to clear them while you rotate.

### Late Game

Place your W in narrow jungle chokepoints during objective standoffs to split the enemy formation and block their primary engage paths.

### Late Game

Position yourself behind your frontline during late-game 5v5s to prevent your ult from walking too far forward and dying to incidental AoE damage.

### Late Game

Throw E at squishy targets from the fog of war to send four ghouls over walls, burning enemy health bars before a major teamfight begins.

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## Core Build

Ranked from real ranked-match itemization

We look at ranked games after each item was bought. If the player or team gained ground in gold, we rate that item higher.

- Spear of Shojin — 3,100

- Plated Steelcaps (Boots) — 1,200

- Black Cleaver — 3,000

- Trinity Force — 3,333

- Overlord's Bloodmail — 3,300

- Bloodthirster — 3,400

total: 17,333

## How to Counter Yorick

Counter strategies and draft context

understand their unique win condition and draft to directly deny it

- Split-push collapses against coordinated responses — a strong duelist or 5-man collapse shuts Yorick down

- Champions that match their unconventional playstyle

- Hard-engage picks that force standard team fights

- Waveclear to prevent map manipulation

### Yorick's Weaknesses

- Strong duelist sent to match — Yorick's split push stalls when the enemy sends a superior 1v1 champion

## Best Synergies with Yorick

Team synergies and draft context

- Strong teamfight compositions that win 4v4 while Yorick splits — map pressure forces impossible rotations

- Allies that lean into your unconventional win condition

- Champions that create pressure elsewhere while you execute your strategy

- Frontlines that buy time for your unique gameplan to develop

### Draft Context

- Locks in a full teamfight comp that can't hold 4v5 while Yorick pressures side lanes

## Learning Curve

[Based on 1.2M+ matches](https://baronbuff.com/blog/mastery_by_tier/) across all ranked elos, showing how Yorick's win rate changes with mastery level

Yorick has exceptional depth — there is always something new to learn, and the learning curve is among the steepest in the game. Expect a long stretch of low win rates before meaningful improvement — mastering this champion demands serious commitment.

Skill Cap Very High

Cost of Learning Extremely High

Win Rate Delta by Mastery

Mastery Level | Win Rate |

1-2 | 37.9% |

3-4 | 50.1% |

5-6 | 50.1% |

7-8 | 51.9% |

9-12 * | 57.3% |

13-16 | 57.3% |

17+ | 57.3% |

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