How to win lane as Tahm Kench against Yorick · 46.45% win rate (1,156 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Q-stun him off Maiden — W-dodge his cage, sustain.
Track: Yorick's W — Dark Procession (20–12s cooldown). Traps you for ghouls. W-dive out.
Read from Tahm Kench's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yorick.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Tongue Lash outranges Last Rites at level 1 — slow every walk-up and deny the ghoul stack he needs to threaten you. |
| Level 2 | Yorick | 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 | Yorick | Three stacks is one charge: spend it on Devour, not the Q stun, and Yorick is pulled away from his own ghouls for the full duration with no protection left. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Dark Procession is his W, a destructible wall on 20s at rank 1 — break it or walk out, and keep fights short before his ghoul count starts to matter. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Devour arrives, but so does Maiden, and hers is the bigger level-6 spike here; bank three stacks to punish a Last Rites walk-up and let grey health keep you durable. |
| First item | Yorick | 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. His real opener is Mourning Mist, the E: a 700-range globule that shreds armour, slows, and marks you so every ghoul sprints in. Dodge it and the trade never starts. Do not let him stack three ghouls before you trade, keep exchanges short, and spend three stacks on Devour rather than the stun while Thick Skin banks the ghoul hits as grey health you heal back between trades.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Tahm Kench's side, sampled July 2026.
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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Yorick, slightly — Tahm Kench wins 46.45% of 1,156 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Yorick has a small statistical edge (53.55% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Yorick has the slight edge (Tahm Kench wins 46.45%), though it stays close.
Tahm Kench takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Precision secondary (Triumph and Legend: Haste) vs Yorick.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Heartsteel (grey health scales) first, then Spirit Visage / Thornmail, with Plated Steelcaps.
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