How to win lane as Yorick against Garen · 50.83% win rate (2,766 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Out-sustain his trades — ghouls win the long fight, cage his spin.
Track: Garen's W — Courage (22–12s cooldown). Damage reduction on cast. Swarm once it’s down.
Read from Yorick's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Garen.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is Garen's — his 300-range Q silence beats your empty kit. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 is Garen's as his Q-E poke beats a minion soak with no ghouls. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is Garen's until your W-cage is reliably online. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yorick | Levels 4-5 favour Yorick because W-cage plus E-slow gives free Q procs he can't answer. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 favours Yorick — Maiden keeps you over his R execute threshold. |
| First item | Yorick | First item favours Yorick as Sunderer %HP ghoul all-ins beat his bruiser stats. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | Two-plus items favour Yorick, whose Maiden split army out-duels and out-sieges Garen. |
Levels 1-2 are his — Garen walks up, Q Decisive Strike to silence and burst, then spins E and backs off behind his passive regen. Decisive Strike is an auto-attack reset, so the wind-up is your cue to step back, not the cast. Farm with Last Rites, respect the 300-range Q, and hold your E charge until W is online rather than proving a point.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yorick's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Yorick vs Garen 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 — a 50.83% win rate edge over 2,766 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Yorick has a small statistical edge (50.83% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Yorick has a slight edge (50.83% 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 Garen.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Trinity Force (the all-purpose spike) first, then Hullbreaker, with Plated Steelcaps.
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