Yorick vs Quinn — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yorick against Quinn · 50.59% win rate (595 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Statistically even (50.59% win rate) — but the tempo isn't: Quinn pressures 4 of the 7 stage windows in the plan below. Whoever converts their windows wins.

At a glance

She pokes + blinds + kites your swarm — cage her early, or roam.

Track: Quinn's E — Vault (12–8s cooldown). Her self-peel. Cage her when down.

Do

  • Save W to cage her
  • All-in early before she scales
  • Roam if you can’t catch her

Don't

  • Fight into her blind
  • Let her kite your swarm
  • Let her free-farm

Runes & build vs Quinn

Start
Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs her poke)
First back
Core component + boots (≈1300g)
First item
Trinity Force (the all-purpose spike)
Then
Hullbreaker
Boots
Plated Steelcaps
Runes
Press the Attack (Precision): Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand · Resolve: Second Wind, Bone Plating · 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 Quinn.

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1QuinnQuinn's E poke and passive marks chunk you before ghouls stack, so she owns the early lane.
Level 2QuinnQuinn out-ranges your melee and steps back after every Vault, keeping you off CS.
Level 3Even / skillEven trades exist only when your ghouls are up, so neither snowballs cleanly here.
Levels 4-5QuinnQuinn's R roam and speed let her leave and impact the map faster than you can punish.
Level 6Even / skillGhoul-swarm windows are symmetric mid-game, making full setups roughly coin-flip.
First itemEven / skillFirst item is even: her burst is real, but Dark Procession removes her kite room.
Two+ itemsQuinnLate, Quinn's mobility beats your ghouls anywhere but a walled sidelane, favoring her.

How to beat Quinn as Yorick: the early game

Quinn out-ranges you before ghouls form: Blinding Assault blinds from 1025 range on 11s and Vault drops her back at attack range on 12s, denying you melee CS. Play safe, farm with Last Rites, and expect to lose the bully phase.

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 Quinn 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 Quinn in top lane?

Nobody on paper — a 50.59% win rate over 595 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.

Is Yorick vs Quinn a skill matchup?

Yes — Yorick vs Quinn is a genuine skill matchup: 50.59% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.

Does Yorick counter Quinn?

No hard counter either way — the Yorick vs Quinn win rate is 50.59%, an even lane decided by execution.

What runes does Yorick take vs Quinn?

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

What should Yorick build vs Quinn?

Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs her poke) and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Trinity Force (the all-purpose spike) first, then Hullbreaker, with Plated Steelcaps.

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