How to win lane as Yorick against Gnar · 54.53% win rate (1,414 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Maiden plus ghouls out-shove mini Gnar and the cage traps mega's hop — his poke can't stop the split math. Wall off the boomerang angle and grind.
Track: Gnar's R — GNAR! (90–30s cooldown). His Mega all-in. Don’t fight transform.
Read from Yorick's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Gnar.
This is Yorick's own plan; across 1,414 pooled games the lane is leaning Yorick.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Gnar | Gnar's Boomerang Throw out-ranges Last Rites at level 1, so he pokes you freely before ghouls come online. |
| Level 2 | Gnar | At level 2 his Hyper procs and Q poke keep chunking you while you still lack the wall to fight back. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | By level 3 your W wall and first ghouls even the trades, making it a skill window. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yorick | At levels 4-5 Hop leaps your wall and Boomerang Throw returns every 16s, so he still sets the spacing. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 is roughly even — your R answers his Mega threat but only if you dodge the GNAR! timing. |
| First item | Gnar | With first item and reliable Rage, Gnar out-pokes your ghoul spacing and swings Mega, favouring him. |
| Two+ items | Gnar | In the 2+ item stage your Maiden-and-ghoul split beats a Gnar with no wave clear, so make him answer the side lane. |
Gnar owns levels 1-2: his Boomerang Throw (Q) out-ranges your Last Rites and his Hyper passive shreds you before your ghouls stack, so eat the poke and just farm with Q resets.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yorick's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Yorick vs Gnar 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 54.53% win rate edge over 1,414 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Yorick has a small statistical edge (54.53% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Yorick has a slight edge (54.53% 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 (Second Wind and Bone Plating) vs Gnar.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs his poke) and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Trinity Force (the all-purpose spike) first, then Hullbreaker, with Plated Steelcaps.
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