How to win lane as Gwen against Yorick · 52.77% win rate (1,029 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
%-HP snip clears the Maiden and out-trades the ghouls, and W-cloud the cage — out-scale his slow split.
Track: Yorick's W — Dark Procession (20–12s cooldown). Traps you for the ghouls. Don’t get caged.
Read from Gwen's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yorick.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | You're both weak level 1, but he has no ghouls or Dark Procession cage yet — contest the first wave and Snip him on every last-hit step-up. |
| Level 2 | Gwen | By level 2 your Q ignores his ghoul swarm and hits his HP bar directly, so you out-poke a Yorick who can't yet wall you in. |
| Level 3 | Gwen | Snip-and-disengage with Skip 'n Slash's E-reset lets you trade before his ghoul economy comes online — aim at him, not the swarm. |
| Levels 4-5 | Gwen | Still pre-mist but he's pre-Maiden — the Dark Procession wall is destructible, so break a segment, and punish him when his ghouls are dead. |
| Level 6 | Gwen | Needlework plus Hallowed Mist flips it: mist his W-cage all-in so the ghouls whiff, slow him with R, and out-sustain via passive healing. |
| First item | Gwen | Riftmaker/Nashor's makes your %-max-HP Snip out-duel him even through ghouls — force the all-in and take his plates now. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | He out-scales you: permanent Maiden plus 2+ items lets him ignore the 1v1 and splitpush with W-cage zoning, so end before this. |
Yorick is a slow starter and so are you, but level 1 he has no ghoul graves and no Dark Procession cage, so you can step up and Snip him whenever he comes to last-hit. From level 2 don't waste your Q on his ghouls — your %-max-HP Snip ignores them and chunks HIS bar, so always aim the center snip through the swarm at Yorick himself. Respect his Mourning Mist (E): it cuts your armour, slows, and marks you so every summon sprints at the mark. And the Dark Procession (W) wall is destructible — if it cages you onto the ghoul pile, break a segment out rather than eating the whole army.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Gwen's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Gwen 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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Gwen, slightly — a 52.77% win rate edge over 1,029 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Gwen has a small statistical edge (52.77% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Gwen has a slight edge (52.77% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Gwen takes Conqueror on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Yorick.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Riftmaker (omnivamp + true-damage ramp) first, then Nashor's Tooth, with Plated Steelcaps.
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