How to win lane as Tahm Kench against Yorick · 45.77% win rate over 804 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Tahm Kench | Tongue Lash outranges Last Rites at level 1 — slow every walk-up and deny the ghoul stack he needs to threaten you. |
| Level 2 | Tahm Kench | Two An Acquired Taste stacks are reachable through a single slow and one auto; set them up and he will respect the imminent stun. |
| Level 3 | Tahm Kench | At three stacks the Q stun into Devour pulls Yorick away from his own ghouls for the full duration — his only protection is gone and he eats the full grey-health shred. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Yorick's E mist-cage limits your movement options and his ghoul count in extended trades starts to matter — keep fights short and walk out of the cage wall. |
| Level 6 | Tahm Kench | Abyssal Voyage removes his ability to freely split and ignore you; the 3-stack stun still punishes any Last Rites walk-up and your grey-health healing keeps you durable. |
| First item | Even / skill | Heartsteel or Sunfire dramatically amplifies your Thick Skin conversion, but Yorick's Maiden plus first item means the side lane starts to tip — avoid extended 1v1s on a full ghoul wave. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | Maiden plus two items creates a sustained damage environment that outlasts even grey-health healing cycles; your role is peel and Devour in teamfights, not side-lane dueling. |
Level 1 is yours — Tongue Lash outranges every tool Yorick has pre-ghoul, so slow him on his walk-up to Last Rites and deny the CS he needs to fuel his ghoul stacks. The moment you hit 3 An Acquired Taste stacks, that Q stun is a free punish: he has no dash and no disengage, so a stun into Devour eats his health bar while his ghouls swing helplessly outside. Do not let him stack three ghouls before you trade — the ghoul damage in a long fight is meaningful — so keep exchanges short, stun-Devour and back out while your Thick Skin converts the ghoul hits into grey health you heal between trades.
The full Tahm Kench 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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