How to win lane as Yorick against Gwen · 47.23% win rate (1,029 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Her %-HP mist shreds the Maiden and W-cloud dodges your cage. Farm safe and out-split her in the side lane.
Track: Gwen's W — Hallowed Mist (22–18s cooldown). She’s safe inside it. Swarm when down.
Read from Yorick's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Gwen.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is an even farm start with neither champ threatening a kill. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | At level 2 trades stay balanced as ghouls and Snip Snip! roughly cancel out. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | By level 3 it's still skill-dependent, decided by dashes and wall timing. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 remain even since her W and your wall trade off cleanly. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 is a skill fight — Maiden pressures her but Hallowed Mist negates ghouls. |
| First item | Gwen | With first item Snip Snip!'s true core plus Hallowed Mist win her the duel. |
| Two+ items | Gwen | In the 2+ item stage Gwen out-duels and out-splits you, so she owns the side lane. |
It's a dead-even farm lane through level 5 — neither of you kills the other cleanly; trade with ghouls and E-slow only when her Skip 'n Slash (E) is unavailable so she can't dance out of your wall.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yorick's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Yorick vs Gwen 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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Gwen, slightly — Yorick wins 47.23% of 1,029 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Gwen has a small statistical edge (52.77% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Gwen has the slight edge (Yorick wins 47.23%), though it stays close.
Yorick takes Press the Attack on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Gwen.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts her healing. Build Trinity Force (the all-purpose spike) first, then Hullbreaker, with Mercury's Treads.
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