Tryndamere vs Yorick — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Tryndamere against Yorick · 52.95% win rate over 1,443 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Tryndamere is favoured — Tryndamere owns 4 of the 7 game windows. Tryndamere wins 52.95% of games vs Yorick in top lane (1,443 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1TryndamereLevel 1 is yours because Q-stacked autos punish him before any ghoul stacks or Maiden exist.
Level 2TryndamereLevel 2 stays yours since your E all-in still lands before his summon economy comes online.
Level 3Even / skillLevel 3 is even as ghoul stacks and Last Rites autos start turning trades into a numbers game.
Levels 4-5Even / skillLevels 4-5 are even because his Maiden and W cage let his swarm out-trade you.
Level 6Even / skillLevel 6 stays even since a fresh Eulogy Maiden makes a duel a numbers loss even through your R.
First itemTryndamereAt first item you pull ahead: crit and lifesteal let you burst him faster than his ghouls whittle you.
Two+ itemsTryndamereWith 2+ items you out-duel and out-splitpush him thanks to DPS, sustain, and mobility.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Levels 1 and 2 are clearly yours: before Yorick has ghoul stacks or Maiden, your Q-stacked autos and E gap-close punish him hard, and he has no way to answer your raw damage. Trade aggressively and deny his early stacking to start the lane ahead.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Tryndamere 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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