How to win lane as Kennen against Yorick · 41.2% win rate (534 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Poke him off Maiden — E-dash out, dodge the cage.
Track: Yorick's W — Dark Procession (20–12s cooldown). Traps you for ghouls. E-dash out.
Read from Kennen's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yorick.
This is Kennen's own plan; across 534 pooled games the lane is Yorick-favoured.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Yorick's level 1 is sluggish and yours is fragile — one Q poke chips but neither of you commits, so it reads even. |
| Level 2 | Kennen | Your second Q point plus Electrical Surge on-hit out-pokes a Maiden-less Yorick and threatens a two-spell mark stun. |
| Level 3 | Kennen | You still own the wave here — Q chip and Mark of the Storm punish his clunky melee before ghouls come online. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yorick | Maiden's ghouls out-DPS your poke and Dark Procession (W) walls your escape, so he reclaims the commit window. |
| Level 6 | Kennen | Slicing Maelstrom plus Flash-R stun-locks and bursts him through his magic-vulnerable body before Maiden swings the duel. |
| First item | Kennen | Hextech Alternator / Liandry's turns your R combo into a kill — your burst peaks here while he's still a one-item juggernaut. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | Yorick out-scales hard: Maiden, the ghoul swarm and his W wall zone you off the wave and out-trade you once R is down. |
Yorick is slow and clunky pre-6, so levels 2-3 are yours: throw Q (Thundering Shuriken) at his face and let Electrical Surge autos stack Mark of the Storm — his low base HP means a third-mark stun into a quick trade chunks him before he can answer. Dodge Mourning Mist (E): it marks and slows you, strips armour and speeds his ghouls straight at you, and Dark Procession (W) then walls off your exit. Don't sit in the wave eating ghoul autos while you poke; back off and reset the marks instead.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Kennen's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Kennen 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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Yorick — Kennen wins only 41.2% of 534 games, so Kennen plays this as the disadvantaged side.
Not really — Yorick holds a real statistical advantage (58.8% win rate), so Kennen is the one working uphill.
No — Yorick counters Kennen (Kennen wins only 41.2% of games). Play it as the disadvantaged side and lean on the windows in the plan.
Kennen takes Arcane Comet on the Sorcery tree with Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Yorick.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Oblivion Orb (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Liandry's Torment (burn poke) first, then Shadowflame, with Sorcerer's Shoes.
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