Yorick vs K'Sante — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yorick against K'Sante · 57.28% win rate over 1,395 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Yorick is favoured — Yorick owns 3 of the 7 game windows to K'Sante's 2. Yorick wins 57.28% of games vs K'Sante in top lane (1,395 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1YorickYou win Level 1 because your Q reset trade and heal beat his weak pre-charge Ntofo poke.
Level 2Even / skillLevel 2 is skill: his first Ntofo charge lets him poke back, evening the trade.
Level 3Even / skillLevel 3 is even as both hit power-item timings with no hard advantage yet.
Levels 4-5K'SanteAt 4-5 K'Sante's second Ntofo charge enables the wall-stun chain, tilting the window his way.
Level 6YorickYour Level 6 Maiden and wraith wall flip the fight since they shred through his shields.
First itemYorickFirst item favours you as Tiamat plus ghouls win every extended trade against his low base damage.
Two+ itemsK'SanteWith two items All Out K'Sante becomes a reset diver who R's you off your stack, so late goes to him.

Early game (levels 1–5)

You out-trade the early levels: your Q resets heal and cleave while his Ntofo poke is weak before charges, so bully him and deny the wall setups.

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The full Yorick vs K'Sante 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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