- Win Rate
- 51.3%
- Pick Rate
- 2.3%
- Ban Rate
- 12.4%
Yorick How to Play: Tips & Power Spikes
- Patch
- 26.20
- Games
- 3,022
- Lane
- Top
- Tier
- All Tiers
- Last Updated
- Oct 12, 2026 UTC
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
How to play Yorick in Patch 26.20, built from ranked games: power spikes, the lane plan, how leads convert, and the habits that separate Yorick wins from losses.
- Max order
- Q > E > W
- First item
- Trinity Force13.4 min
- Gold vs lane at 15
- +239
- Win rate 1k gold ahead
- 64.2%
- Win rate 1k gold behind
- 32.2%
Yorick Power Spikes (Patch 26.20)
TopWhen Yorick Top gets stronger, in the order it happens in a typical ranked game: ability unlocks from the most common skill order, item spikes at the median minute players finish them, and the game length Yorick wins most.
- Lv 3All three basic abilities at level 3Yorick's full combo is online — the first point where trading all-in is realistic.
- Lv 6Ultimate rank 1 at level 6The biggest early spike: look for a kill or a roam as soon as Yorick hits it.
- Lv 11Ultimate rank 2 at level 11Lower ultimate cooldown means more fights Yorick can start or win.
- Lv 16Ultimate rank 3 at level 16Lower ultimate cooldown means more fights Yorick can start or win.
- 13.4 minFirst item at 13.4 min
Trinity Force is done — Yorick's first real damage or durability spike. - 20.8 minTwo items at 20.8 min
Trinity Force + Hullbreaker: the window to group and take objectives. - 25 minStrongest in games of about 25 minutesYorick wins 62.0% of games that end around this point.
Item timings are medians: half of players finish later. Fall behind in farm and every item spike moves back with it.
Yorick Top Laning Plan
Yorick is a lane bully: trade early and often, push the advantage, and turn the gold lead into the first item spike. On average Yorick Top is 239 gold ahead of the lane opponent at 15 minutes and ahead in 58% of games. A 1,000-gold lead at 15 turns into a 64% win rate; a 1,000-gold deficit leaves 32%. Yorick averages 1.09 solo kills by 15 minutes.
Yorick Mid and Late Game
What Yorick does better or worse than other champions after laning, from this patch's ranked games — percentiles where 100 is the highest of every champion.
Play to these strengths
- Side-lane pressure pays: Yorick rates 99/100 for damage to buildings. Push a side wave while the team holds mid.
- Yorick farms well (percentile 87): keep catching side waves between fights.
- Play around dragons, Grubs and Baron — Yorick rates 80/100 for objective control.
- Yorick wins 8.4 points more in short games than long ones: group, take objectives and end before the enemy scales.
These expert Yorick tips are generated by MetaBot's advanced analysis of thousands of Yorick games. Learn the best strategies, ability combos, and gameplay tactics to master Yorick and climb the ranked ladder. Follow these tips to maximize your Yorick performance.
- Yorick has less crowd control than most champions. This can make locking down kills or ganking for other players more difficult.
- Yorick has a much higher early late game win rate than their late game win rate. Take advantage of this by playing aggressive early on and trying to snowball through kills.
- Yorick has more base armor than most champions, which makes them excellent in the early game against attack damage type enemies.
- Yorick has more health regen than most champions, making their playstyle optimal for aggressive trades in lane.
Playing Yorick
- You do not need to cast Awakening to regain the ability to cast Last Rites.
- The Maiden will attempt to assist you in a fight, so choose your targets well.
- You can send the Maiden down a lane alone, be careful though, as she represents a large portion of your combat power.
Playing Against Yorick
- You can cast Smite on Mist Walkers and the Maiden of the Mist to damage or kill them.
- Try to thin out Yorick's minions before you engage him, Mist Walkers will die from a basic attack or a single target spell.
- You can attack Dark Procession to break the wall down.
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How to Play Yorick FAQ - Patch 26.20
When does Yorick power spike?
Yorick's spikes in a typical ranked game: All three basic abilities at level 3; Ultimate rank 1 at level 6; Ultimate rank 2 at level 11; Ultimate rank 3 at level 16; First item at 13.4 min.
Can Yorick come back from behind?
Yorick wins 39% of games when behind in gold at 15 minutes (over 1,211 games), against 61% when ahead — so a lost lane costs Yorick games, but it is not decisive.
What is Yorick's first item?
Most Yorick players finish Trinity Force first, at a median of 13.4 minutes.
Which lanes are hardest for Yorick?
By gold at 15 minutes, Yorick falls furthest behind against Irelia, Tryndamere, Renekton. Play those lanes safe and scale.
How do you play Yorick Top?
From this patch's ranked data, Yorick wins by playing to these strengths: pressure side lanes; keep farming side waves; fight around objectives.