Yorick vs Kled — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yorick against Kled · 47.25% win rate over 654 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Kled is favoured — Kled owns 4 of the 7 game windows to Yorick's 1. Play it patient and win your windows. Yorick wins 47.25% of games vs Kled in top lane (654 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1KledKled's level-1 mounted trade with W steroid beats your weak early autos.
Level 2KledLevel-2 Bear Trap (Q) pull lets him burst you before you can answer.
Level 3KledAt level 3 his all-in with W and Q still out-trades your ghouls.
Levels 4-5KledKled keeps the lead through 4 with his dismount burst threat.
Level 6Even / skillBy level 5-6 your ghouls and E slow let you kite, evening the fight.
First itemEven / skillFirst-item Kled still duels you but the sustained fight tightens to even.
Two+ itemsYorickLate, Maiden and ghouls out-split and out-DPS him for the Yorick edge.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Kled dominates levels 1-4: his Bear Trap (Q) pull and Violent Tendencies (W) steroid win every mounted trade, and his dismount burst can outright kill you, so respect Q range and farm defensively.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Yorick vs Kled 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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