How to win lane as Yorick against Cho'Gath · 52.05% win rate (1,535 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
He E-clears your ghouls for free and Feast out-scales the Maiden — but he can't stop the cage pick or match your split tempo. Win the map, not the trade.
Track: Cho'Gath's Q — Rupture (6s cooldown). Telegraphed. Dodge it and swarm.
Read from Yorick's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Cho'Gath.
This is Yorick's own plan; across 1,535 pooled games the lane is leaning Yorick.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is a neutral farm lane where neither Yorick nor Cho'Gath can threaten a kill. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays even as Cho's Q poke trades against your minion soak. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is even until your W is reliably up to cage him. |
| Levels 4-5 | Cho'Gath | Levels 4-5 favour Yorick because W-cage plus E-slow lets you free-hit him for guaranteed Q procs. |
| Level 6 | Cho'Gath | Level 6 favours Yorick as R ghouls and Maiden out-shove Cho's wave while Feast does nothing to your army. |
| First item | Cho'Gath | First item favours Yorick — Tiamat/Sunderer plus Maiden win every all-in before Cho scales. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | Two-plus items flip to Cho'Gath, whose stacked Feast HP and true-damage execute ignore your ghoul chip. |
Levels 1-2 are even farm — Cho pokes with Rupture (6s, 950 range) and Vorpal Spikes on the wave, and Carnivore heals him off every minion he kills, so chip alone will never stick. Neither of you threatens a kill this early; last-hit with Last Rites, stay outside Feral Scream's 300-range cone, and save Mourning Mist for the level-3 commit.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yorick's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Yorick vs Cho'Gath 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.
Read the full guide — plans from $1.99/month →🔒 Secure checkout · 💰 7-day money-back guarantee on your first payment · ✋ Cancel anytime
Lane Pass $1.99/mo · All Lanes $3.99/mo · Annual $24.99/yr. Renews automatically — cancel anytime.
Yorick, slightly — a 52.05% win rate edge over 1,535 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Yorick has a small statistical edge (52.05% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Yorick has a slight edge (52.05% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Yorick takes Press the Attack on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Cho'Gath.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Trinity Force (the all-purpose spike) first, then Hullbreaker, with Plated Steelcaps.
Playing the other side? Cho'Gath vs Yorick guide →
All Yorick top lane matchups →
More Yorick top lane matchups: vs Aurora · vs Camille · vs Cassiopeia · vs Darius · vs Dr. Mundo · vs Fiora