How to win lane as Yorick against Tahm Kench · 53.55% win rate (1,156 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Dodge his tongue — swarm him before he can W-escape.
Track: Tahm Kench's W — Abyssal Dive (21–17s cooldown). His escape + shield. Swarm when down.
Read from Yorick's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Tahm Kench.
| 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 | Thick Skin, not his W, banks grey health — it cashes as a shield on 3s. |
| 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.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yorick's side, sampled July 2026.
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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Yorick, slightly — a 53.55% win rate edge over 1,156 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Yorick has a small statistical edge (53.55% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Yorick has a slight edge (53.55% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Yorick takes Press the Attack on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Tahm Kench.
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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