Yorick

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

Gameplay tips on Summoner's Rift

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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Gameplay tips in Arena

• Trap the focus target with W after movement is spent, mark them with E, and let Maiden and ghouls attack while you hold space. Do not abandon Maiden for a long chase.
• Build Trinity Force, Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Divine Sunderer. Spellblade and haste sustain ghouls and Q heals.
• Prioritize Minionmancer, Heavy Hitter, Mystic Punch, and Goliath. Summon pressure and health scaling turn the arena into a confined siege.

Yorick Build

This might not be your familiar build. We look at ranked games after each item was bought. If the player or team gained ground in gold, we rate that item higher.

Core

• Trinity Force
• Plated Steelcaps (Boots)
• Spear of Shojin

Situational

• Serylda's Grudge
• Thornmail
• Spirit Visage
• Terminus
• Serpent's Fang

Yorick Runes

The most popular rune page and summoner spells for Yorick in ranked games over the last 30 days.

Resolve + Precision · 51.6% WR · 15,514 games

• Grasp of the Undying
• Demolish
• Bone Plating
• Overgrowth
• Presence of Mind
• Legend: Bloodline
• Attack Speed
• Adaptive Force
• Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash, Teleport

Yorick Skill Order

The recommended skill order for Yorick from ranked games over the last 90 days: the first three skill points, then the order to max abilities.

1. lvl 1: Q
2. lvl 2: E
3. lvl 3: W
4. max: Q
5. max: E
6. max: W

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

A stronger duelist sent to the side lane stalls Yorick's split push.

Best Synergies with Yorick

Team synergies and draft context

Strong teamfight compositions win 4v4 while Yorick splits, which forces impossible rotations. Your unconventional win condition works best with allies who commit to it. Allies who create pressure elsewhere give you room to execute your strategy. A frontline buys time for your game plan 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 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