How to win lane as Yorick against Gnar · 54.53% win rate over 1,414 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| 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 the Dark Procession wall cages Mini Gnar and your ghoul-plus-slow bursts beat his down Q. |
| 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 Gnar's ranged poke and Mega fights outscale you in lane, though your split-push is the real out. |
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.
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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