Yorick vs Kled — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yorick against Kled · 47.25% win rate (654 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Kled is slightly favoured — Yorick wins 47.25% of 654 games, and Kled pressures 4 of the 7 stage windows in the plan below. Play it patient and win your windows.

At a glance

Dismount him — swarm his foot form before he remounts.

Track: Kled's Q — Bear Trap on a Rope (11–7s cooldown). His engage hook. Dodge it.

Do

  • Trade to dismount him
  • Dodge his Q pull
  • Swarm him dismounted

Don't

  • Get hit by his Q pull
  • Let him remount
  • Fight with no ghouls

Runes & build vs Kled

Start
Doran's Blade + Health Potion
First back
Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing
First item
Trinity Force (the all-purpose spike)
Then
Hullbreaker
Boots
Plated Steelcaps
Runes
Press the Attack (Precision): Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand · Resolve: Bone Plating, Unflinching · Shards: Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Health

Favour timeline — the windows in Yorick's game plan

Read from Yorick's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Kled.

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 / skillAt 6 his Chaaaaaaaarge!!! adds engage and a shield — still his lane.
First itemEven / skillFirst-item Kled still out-duels you; the fight tightens but stays his.
Two+ itemsYorickLate, Maiden and ghouls out-split and out-DPS him for the Yorick edge.

How to beat Kled as Yorick: the early game

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.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Yorick in top lane

Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yorick's side, sampled July 2026.

Hardest

Easiest

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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Common questions

Who wins Yorick vs Kled in top lane?

Kled, slightly — Yorick wins 47.25% of 654 games; winnable with the right plan.

Is Yorick vs Kled a skill matchup?

Mostly — Kled has a small statistical edge (52.75% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.

Does Yorick counter Kled?

No — if anything Kled has the slight edge (Yorick wins 47.25%), though it stays close.

What runes does Yorick take vs Kled?

Yorick takes Press the Attack on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Kled.

What should Yorick build vs Kled?

Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Trinity Force (the all-purpose spike) first, then Hullbreaker, with Plated Steelcaps.

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