How to win lane as Yorick against Garen · 50.83% win rate over 2,766 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even — both farm and respect Garen's Q silence range. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays even as Garen's Q-E poke trades against your minion soak. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is even 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 is even — his R execute is offset by your Maiden keeping you topped. |
| 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 even — Garen wants to walk up, Q Decisive Strike to silence and burst, then spin E and back off behind his passive regen. Don't get silenced mid-combo: respect his Q range, farm with Last Rites, and keep your E charge for when your W is online. Neither of you kills the other here if you play the wave cleanly and don't eat a free Q-E trade.
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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