Yorickvs Gwen
Yorick vs Gwen is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.14. Yorick wins with a 52.5% win rate (+5.0%) over Gwen based on 40 games. Yorick 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 Gwen 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 the Yorick vs Gwen Matchup?
Yorick vs Gwen Matchup Summary
The Yorick vs Gwen matchup is a moderate matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 40 recent matches analyzed, Yorick wins with a 52.5% win rate compared to Gwen's 47.5%, giving Yorick a 5.0 percentage point advantage. Yorick dominates at every stage — from early laning through late game team fights. This consistent advantage makes it difficult for Gwen players to find favorable windows, so team-dependent strategies and avoiding solo confrontations are essential. The most significant statistical gap is in damage output, where Gwen leads by 180 DMG/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Yorick has a statistical edge, but the margin is close enough that respecting Gwen's strengths is important. Trade when cooldowns are favorable, track the enemy jungler, and build toward your strongest item spikes to convert the slight advantage into a decisive lead. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Yorick vs Gwen Laning Phase Breakdown
Gwen is favored during the laning phase against Yorick, winning 4 out of 5 key stat categories. Gwen holds advantages in farming, damage, gold income and sustain, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Yorick Build Against Gwen
Plated Steelcaps is the optimal boots choice against Gwen, providing the mobility and stats Yorick needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Yorick against Gwen are Serylda's Grudge, Hullbreaker and Trinity Force. This combination gives Yorick an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build achieves a solid 50.0% win rate across 2 games, proving it to be a reliable item path when facing Gwen. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Yorick vs Gwen matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Yorick53.3%
Gwen46.7%Yorick52.0%Gwen48.0%Yorick dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 53.3% win rate — a 6.7 percentage point lead over Gwen. This lopsided early game means Yorick can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
In the late game (25+ minutes), Yorick takes over with a 52.0% win rate, leading Gwen by 4.0 percentage points. Yorick scales more effectively into team fights and objective contests.
Yorick holds the advantage at every stage of the game, making this a consistently favorable matchup from lane through late game team fights. Gwen players should look for outplays, team-dependent strategies, and picks rather than relying on scaling to win this matchup.
Best Yorick Runes Against Gwen
Resolve
Precision
Running Resolve primary with Precision secondary allows Yorick to press their advantage against Gwen, amplifying the strengths that make this a favorable matchup.
Yorick matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.14. 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.
Opponent | Win Rate | Matches | CS/min | DMG/min | Gold/game | Early WR | Late WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47.92% | 192 | 6.8 | 875 | 11,625 | 52.9% | 43.9% | |
| 52.05% | 146 | 7.4 | 904 | 12,385 | 57.1% | 48.9% | |
| 56.56% | 122 | 7.1 | 768 | 11,865 | 67.9% | 47.0% | |
| 50.00% | 118 | 6.8 | 936 | 12,495 | 59.5% | 44.7% | |
| 48.48% | 99 | 6.7 | 882 | 11,696 | 55.8% | 42.9% | |
| 45.45% | 99 | 6.6 | 769 | 11,712 | 44.2% | 46.4% | |
| 41.94% | 93 | 6.7 | 816 | 12,154 | 40.0% | 42.9% | |
| 45.45% | 88 | 6.9 | 1,078 | 11,581 | 51.4% | 41.2% | |
| 49.41% | 85 | 6.9 | 862 | 10,362 | 48.9% | 50.0% | |
| 55.42% | 83 | 7.3 | 1,250 | 12,740 | 56.0% | 55.2% | |
| 50.00% | 78 | 7.0 | 786 | 11,805 | 48.6% | 51.2% | |
| 58.90% | 73 | 6.9 | 1,050 | 10,475 | 58.3% | 59.5% | |
| 47.89% | 71 | 7.0 | 857 | 12,477 | 42.3% | 51.1% | |
| 57.97% | 69 | 7.0 | 1,001 | 13,579 | 54.5% | 59.6% | |
| 46.97% | 66 | 7.5 | 802 | 12,473 | 52.2% | 44.2% | |
| 43.94% | 66 | 6.8 | 947 | 10,963 | 25.8% | 60.0% | |
| 60.71% | 56 | 7.1 | 863 | 11,719 | 62.5% | 59.4% | |
| 48.15% | 54 | 6.8 | 818 | 10,268 | 61.5% | 35.7% | |
| 51.85% | 54 | 6.9 | 1,033 | 12,336 | 73.7% | 40.0% | |
| 52.83% | 53 | 6.7 | 1,104 | 11,122 | 50.0% | 55.2% | |
| 55.77% | 52 | 6.9 | 750 | 11,265 | 52.6% | 57.6% | |
| 58.82% | 51 | 7.3 | 929 | 12,032 | 72.7% | 48.3% | |
| 67.35% | 49 | 7.3 | 882 | 11,899 | 70.8% | 64.0% | |
| 56.25% | 48 | 7.0 | 861 | 12,231 | 59.1% | 53.9% | |
| 57.45% | 47 | 7.2 | 830 | 11,885 | 61.1% | 55.2% | |
| 42.22% | 45 | 6.8 | 1,052 | 11,379 | 38.1% | 45.8% | |
| 59.09% | 44 | 7.1 | 832 | 10,881 | 72.7% | 45.5% | |
| 52.50% | 40 | 6.4 | 776 | 10,865 | 53.3% | 52.0% | |
| 45.00% | 40 | 7.0 | 866 | 11,137 | 50.0% | 40.9% | |
| 45.45% | 33 | 7.7 | 828 | 11,305 | 60.0% | 23.1% | |
| 56.25% | 32 | 7.0 | 902 | 12,250 | 50.0% | 61.1% | |
| 41.94% | 31 | 7.1 | 742 | 12,361 | 38.5% | 44.4% | |
| 62.07% | 29 | 7.7 | 885 | 13,937 | 75.0% | 57.1% | |
| 62.07% | 29 | 7.0 | 819 | 11,972 | 80.0% | 52.6% | |
| 60.71% | 28 | 6.8 | 860 | 12,173 | 45.5% | 70.6% | |
| 51.85% | 27 | 7.3 | 762 | 12,039 | 69.2% | 35.7% | |
| 62.96% | 27 | 7.9 | 873 | 12,540 | 66.7% | 61.1% | |
| 52.17% | 23 | 6.7 | 954 | 11,168 | 63.6% | 41.7% | |
| 60.87% | 23 | 6.8 | 799 | 13,057 | 88.9% | 42.9% | |
| 43.48% | 23 | 7.0 | 879 | 11,946 | 60.0% | 38.9% | |
| 47.83% | 23 | 7.2 | 1,068 | 13,867 | 57.1% | 43.8% | |
| 50.00% | 22 | 7.0 | 834 | 13,088 | 60.0% | 47.1% | |
| 55.00% | 20 | 6.2 | 879 | 11,740 | 62.5% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 20 | 4.6 | 753 | 11,192 | 63.6% | 33.3% | |
| 52.63% | 19 | 6.7 | 987 | 15,176 | 71.4% | 41.7% | |
| 50.00% | 18 | 7.2 | 763 | 10,576 | 55.6% | 44.4% | |
| 56.25% | 16 | 5.0 | 900 | 11,719 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 66.67% | 15 | 5.8 | 664 | 11,159 | 87.5% | 42.9% | |
| 60.00% | 15 | 7.3 | 772 | 10,927 | 63.6% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 15 | 6.8 | 787 | 12,314 | 50.0% | 36.4% | |
| 33.33% | 15 | 5.5 | 869 | 13,668 | 50.0% | 22.2% | |
| 71.43% | 14 | 6.2 | 934 | 12,599 | 83.3% | 62.5% | |
| 41.67% | 12 | 6.0 | 727 | 10,631 | 42.9% | 40.0% | |
| 45.45% | 11 | 6.4 | 725 | 10,798 | 20.0% | 66.7% | |
| 54.55% | 11 | 7.0 | 936 | 13,986 | 100.0% | 37.5% | |
| 45.45% | 11 | 7.3 | 908 | 14,089 | 25.0% | 57.1% | |
| 63.64% | 11 | 7.8 | 1,084 | 15,342 | 100.0% | 55.6% | |
| 40.00% | 10 | 5.8 | 802 | 9,934 | 42.9% | 33.3% | |
| 40.00% | 10 | 4.6 | 577 | 8,120 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 44.44% | 9 | 6.7 | 830 | 9,408 | 60.0% | 25.0% | |
| 44.44% | 9 | 6.8 | 833 | 11,091 | 25.0% | 60.0% | |
| 50.00% | 8 | 6.2 | 840 | 13,280 | 75.0% | 25.0% | |
| 75.00% | 8 | 6.1 | 713 | 11,638 | 66.7% | 80.0% | |
| 50.00% | 8 | 4.0 | 817 | 14,263 | 100.0% | 33.3% | |
| 12.50% | 8 | 5.0 | 663 | 10,981 | 0.0% | 16.7% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 6.2 | 1,093 | 14,964 | 50.0% | 25.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 6.8 | 820 | 12,523 | 0.0% | 80.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 6.8 | 735 | 13,543 | 0.0% | 80.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 6.8 | 718 | 8,077 | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 2.5 | 583 | 9,437 | 25.0% | 50.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 5.0 | 807 | 12,192 | 33.3% | 33.3% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 7.5 | 854 | 12,545 | 66.7% | 33.3% | |
| 100.00% | 6 | 7.0 | 854 | 15,645 | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 7.5 | 939 | 8,577 | 50.0% | 0.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 8.1 | 796 | 11,156 | 100.0% | 33.3% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 2.9 | 750 | 10,866 | 0.0% | 25.0% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 6.2 | 688 | 10,847 | 50.0% | 100.0% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 3.0 | 661 | 10,920 | 50.0% | 100.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 7.4 | 807 | 10,795 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 7.0 | 726 | 11,059 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
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Yorick vs Gwen - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Yorick do against Gwen in League of Legends?
Yorick wins the Yorick vs Gwen matchup with a 52.5% win rate compared to Gwen's 47.5%, a 5.0 percentage point difference. This data is based on 40 recent ranked games in patch 26.14.
How does Yorick do against Gwen in the early game?
In the early game, Yorick has the advantage against Gwen with a 53.3% win rate versus 46.7%. Yorick players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Yorick do against Gwen in the late game?
In the late game, Yorick takes over the Yorick vs Gwen matchup with a 52.0% win rate compared to 48.0%. Yorick scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Yorick vs Gwen matchup?
Yorick wins the matchup against Gwen with a 52.5% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.14. The 5.0 percentage point advantage means Yorick is significantly favored in this lane matchup based on 40 games analyzed.
What is the best Yorick build against Gwen?
The best Yorick build against Gwen includes Serylda's Grudge, Hullbreaker, Trinity Force with Plated Steelcaps. This build achieves a 50.0% win rate in the matchup. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Yorick runes against Gwen?
The best Yorick runes against Gwen use the Resolve primary tree with Precision secondary. This rune setup achieves a 58.3% win rate in the Yorick vs Gwen matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Yorick counter Gwen?
Yes, Yorick has a favorable matchup against Gwen with a 52.5% win rate. Yorick strongly counters Gwen in lane based on current patch 26.14 data.
How do I play Yorick against Gwen?
When playing Yorick against Gwen, leverage your statistical advantages by trading aggressively during favorable windows. You have early game priority — look for kills and zone control before first recall. Build the recommended items and runes for this specific matchup for the best results.