Yorickvs Garen
Yorick vs Garen is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.19. Garen wins with a 57.1% win rate (+14.3%) over Yorick based on 77 games. Garen holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Yorick build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Yorick vs Garen matchup.
Yorick Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Yorick performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who wins Yorick vs Garen?
Yorick wins 50.3% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 42.4% and 58.3% (95% range).
- Expected
- 49.8% From both champions' overall Top win rates
- Matchup effect
- +0.6 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 149 games Lane: Top
- vs patch 26.18
- −4.4 pts Within normal patch-to-patch noise
Lane: Top · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.19 · Sep 24 – Sep 28
Key takeaways
- Yorick vs Garen is an even matchup: Yorick wins 50.3% of 149 games, and the 95% range (42.4–58.3%) comfortably includes 50%.
- Both champions' overall Top win rates predict 49.8% for Yorick; the result is within the margin of error of that, so this matchup mostly reflects the two champions' general strength.
- Neither side reliably wins the lane: the average gold difference at 15 minutes is 211, within the margin of error (143 games).
- Yorick players pick Mercury's Treads much less often against Garen: 26.4% of their other Top games, 7.4% here.
How we calculate this
Games: ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North America server from the patch shown. Remakes (games under 5 minutes) are excluded.
A game only counts when Yorick and Garen played the same position on opposite teams, so roaming, lane swaps within a team or a champion merely being in the same game never count as this matchup.
The 95% range is a Wilson score interval. Confidence comes from how wide that range is: within ±3 points is very high, ±5 high, ±8 moderate, anything wider low. Below 20 games a matchup is not classified at all.
Expected win rate combines both champions’ win rates in this lane (same games and filters) with the log5 formula: E = A(1−B) / (A(1−B) + B(1−A)). Matchup effect = observed − expected.
"What changes" compares Yorick's choices in this matchup with the same champion's other games in the same lane, and lists a change only when it is at least 3 points and statistically significant (two-proportion z-test, |z| ≥ 2, 20+ games).
Results are not split by rank: the sample per rank is too small for honest per-rank matchup numbers.
Yorick vs Garen Laning Stats
At 15 minutes
Whole-game averages
Yorick vs Garen Win Rate by Game Length
Yorick's win rate against Garen by game length. The dot is the win rate, the bar its 95% range and the dashed line the champion's usual win rate at that length. Lengths with fewer than 25 games are left blank.
No game length stands out: Yorick's results against Garen in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Yorick vs Garen Power Spikes
Who is ahead at each stage, measured from these games. A stage reads "Even" when the difference is inside the margin of error, and "Insufficient data" when there are too few games to tell.
- Lane (15 min)EvenYorick gold at 15: −211
- First itemGarenYorick: 14.5 min · Garen: 13.3 min
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesEvenYorick wins 50.0% of 58 games
- 30+ min gamesEvenYorick wins 50.0% of 78 games
What Yorick Changes Against Garen
Choices Yorick players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Top games.
Mercury's TreadsBootsUsually26.4%vs Garen7.4%−19.0 pts
Plated SteelcapsBootsUsually51.2%vs Garen65.1%+13.9 pts50.5% WR here
Flash + TeleportSummoner spellsUsually58.2%vs Garen69.8%+11.6 pts47.1% WR here
Flash + IgniteSummoner spellsUsually31.9%vs Garen22.8%−9.1 pts61.8% WR here
Manaflow BandRuneUsually18.7%vs Garen10.7%−8.0 pts
TranscendenceRuneUsually18.7%vs Garen10.7%−8.0 pts
Arcane CometKeystoneUsually15.0%vs Garen8.7%−6.3 pts- Q > E > Wthe Q > E > W skill orderSkill priorityUsually87.1%vs Garen93.3%+6.2 pts49.6% WR here
Best Yorick Build vs Garen
Usual Yorick build (Top)
66.3% win rate · 95 games
Against Garen
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 6 of 87 Yorick games against Garen carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Yorick's standard build instead.
- Yorick usually completes Trinity Force first, at 14.5 min (median of 87 games).
- Garen usually completes Stridebreaker first, at 13.3 min (median of 127 games).
- Skill priority: Q > E > W — the same as usual.
Builds are ranked by the lower edge of their win rate range, not the raw win rate, so a build seen in a handful of wins never outranks a proven one.
Best Yorick Runes vs Garen
Usual Yorick runes (Top)
Deathfire Touch
76.5% win rate · 17 games
Against Garen
Conqueror
63.2% win rate · 38 games
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Yorick matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.19. The table below shows Yorick's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Yorick build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Other Yorick Matchups
Hardest for Yorick
Easiest for Yorick
Win rate and games for each matchup. Lists are ranked by the edge of the 95% range so small samples cannot top them; matchups with at least 50 games only.
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Yorick vs Garen FAQ - Patch 26.19
Who wins Yorick vs Garen?
Yorick vs Garen is an even matchup: Yorick wins 50.3% of 149 games, and the 95% range (42.4–58.3%) comfortably includes 50%.
What is Yorick's win rate against Garen?
Yorick wins 50.3% of 149 Top games against Garen on patch 26.19 (95% range 42.4–58.3%). Based on both champions' overall Top win rates, 49.8% would be expected.
Does Yorick counter Garen?
Not clearly. Yorick wins 50.3% of 149 games against Garen, and the 95% range (42.4–58.3%) includes 50%, so neither champion reliably counters the other on current data.
Who wins lane, Yorick or Garen?
Neither side reliably wins the lane: the average gold difference at 15 minutes is 211, within the margin of error (143 games).
Does Yorick outscale Garen?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Garen strongest against Yorick?
Garen is measurably ahead in: First item.
What should Yorick build against Garen?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Yorick's usual Top core: Spear of Shojin, Trinity Force, Black Cleaver. The biggest change against Garen: Mercury's Treads (26.4% usually, 7.4% here).
What runes should Yorick use against Garen?
Conqueror with Precision and Resolve — 63.2% over 38 games against Garen. The biggest change against Garen: Flash + Teleport (58.2% usually, 69.8% here).