How to win lane as Yorick against Cho'Gath · 52.05% win rate over 1,535 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| 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 | Yorick | Levels 4-5 favour Yorick because W-cage plus E-slow lets you free-hit him for guaranteed Q procs. |
| Level 6 | Yorick | Level 6 favours Yorick as R ghouls and Maiden out-shove Cho's wave while Feast does nothing to your army. |
| First item | Yorick | First item favours Yorick — Tiamat/Sunderer plus Maiden win every all-in before Cho scales. |
| Two+ items | Cho'Gath | 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 Q rupture and Vorpal Spikes on the wave, and you just soak minions and respect the Q slow so his rupture can't land. Neither of you threatens a kill this early; last-hit cleanly with Q Last Rites and don't walk into rupture range for a cheap silence-free trade. Keep your E charge for when you actually commit at 3.
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.
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