How to win lane as Yorick against Kennen · 58.8% win rate over 534 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Kennen | Kennen's level-1 ranged Q pokes you freely with no melee answer. |
| Level 2 | Kennen | Level-2 Q + E mark stacking lets him stun-trade you down. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | By level 3 ghouls and Maiden soak his poke, evening the lane. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 stay skill-based as you shove around his Q cooldowns. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At 6 his ult needs a gank to win 1v1, keeping the lane even. |
| First item | Kennen | First-item Kennen out-pokes your single item and keeps you off the wave. |
| Two+ items | Kennen | Kennen's AoE ult and poke edge fights, so you win via split instead. |
Kennen owns levels 1-2: his ranged Thundering Shuriken (Q) chips you every time you go for a last-hit and you have no way to trade back at that range yet.
The full Yorick vs Kennen 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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