Yorick vs Sett — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yorick against Sett · 48.64% win rate over 2,103 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Closer than it looks — Yorick owns 2 of the 7 game windows to Sett's 1, but the win rate still favours Sett: you have to convert those windows or the game slips away. Yorick wins 48.64% of games vs Sett in top lane (2,103 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Even / skillSett's passive and W shield punish careless ghoul dumps, keeping the early even.
Level 2SettSett's grit spike and shield let him win the short trades he seeks around level 2-3.
Level 3Even / skillEven trades hold when you E-mark and chip rather than feed his Haymaker.
Levels 4-5Even / skillSett's E grab and R at 6 create kill threat, but your cage answers, keeping it even.
Level 6Even / skillBaiting his W cooldown then swarming balances his item-spike skirmish edge.
First itemYorickYorick out-scales Sett's engage kit with Maiden splits, favoring you late-lane.
Two+ itemsYorickLate, Yorick's split ceiling and solo swarm beat Sett's wasted engage, favoring you.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Sett trades on roughly even terms early; his passive and W shield punish careless ghoul dumps while your E-mark and Q chip him down. Keep ghouls poking without feeding his Haymaker, and the opening stays a close skill match. Neither dominates.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Yorick vs Sett 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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