How to win lane as Gnar against Yorick · 52.62% win rate over 648 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Gnar | Mini's ranged autos and a single Boomerang win the first trade while Yorick is locked into melee last-hitting and raising graves. |
| Level 2 | Gnar | Hyper's third-hit proc plus Boomerang lands a free chunk and shove before his ghoul stack and Mourning Mist can answer it. |
| Level 3 | Gnar | You kite his slow, dash-less melee with the Boomerang slow and Hyper move speed; he has no gap-closer to punish your Mini body. |
| Levels 4-5 | Gnar | When Rage lines up, a Mega Wallop stun into a GNAR! wall-combo punishes every Mourning Mist + ghoul commit he makes. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At 6 he gains only Maiden, not a way to catch you, so the window is a coinflip on whether your Mega and his ghoul stack are up. |
| First item | Gnar | Your Mini-poke item spike keeps boomeranging him off the wave before Maiden and a full ghoul stack snowball him. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | Maiden plus a full ghoul army out-DPS your form-dependent burst, and his W (Dark Procession) ghoul-wall cages your escape-less Mini form. |
Yorick has no answer to your Mini-form range early — every time he steps up to last-hit with melee autos or raise a grave for his ghoul count, you auto and Boomerang him for free. Land Hyper's third hit on him at level 2 for a chunky burst, then walk back out before his ghouls and Mourning Mist slow can reach you. Respect E (Mourning Mist): if it marks you, his ghouls leap onto you and he gets a free trade, so sidestep the spectral maw and never fight inside a fresh ghoul stack — that is the only way he trades evenly down here. Keep Hop ready to vault a wall if he tries to W-cage you.
The full Gnar vs Yorick report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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