How to win lane as Yorick against Tahm Kench · 53.55% win rate over 1,156 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even as Tahm's Q and W lane presence match your opener before your ghouls stack. |
| Level 2 | Yorick | You win level 2 because your ghoul pack plus E out-trade him and deny his passive stacks. |
| Level 3 | Yorick | You win level 3 as he's forced to farm defensively behind W grey-health regen. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yorick | You win levels 4-5 because your ghoul pile plus E slow out-DPS his sustain. |
| Level 6 | Yorick | You win level 6 by out-shoving 1v1 and taking plates while he can only farm. |
| First item | Yorick | You win first item as Sunderer and Maiden shred through his grey-health sustain. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | You win 2+ items since your unkillable split beats his peel-and-save tank identity. |
Level 1 is even as Tahm's Q Tongue Lash and W lane presence match your opener, but you don't yet have the ghoul pack to punish, so it's a wash on the first trade.
The full Yorick vs Tahm Kench 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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