Yorick vs Teemo — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yorick against Teemo · 54.58% win rate (1,680 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: The numbers lean slightly Yorick (54.58% win rate), even though Teemo pressures 5 of the 7 stage windows — convert your windows below and the stats swing your way.

At a glance

He blinds your bite and kites your swarm — build MR, cage him.

Track: Teemo's Q — Blinding Dart (7s cooldown). Blinds your bite. Swarm when it’s down.

Do

  • Build MR + dodge shrooms
  • Save W to cage him
  • Swarm when his Q is down

Don't

  • Auto into his blind
  • Let him kite your swarm
  • Chase through shrooms

Runes & build vs Teemo

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

Favour timeline — the windows in Yorick's game plan

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

This is Yorick's own plan; across 1,680 pooled games the lane is leaning Yorick.

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1TeemoTeemo wins level 1 because Q Blinding Dart disables your autos in the opening trade.
Level 2TeemoTeemo wins level 2 as E Toxic Shot and stealth poke chunk you on every walk-up.
Level 3Even / skillLevel 3 is even once your ghoul pack lets you trade through the blind.
Levels 4-5TeemoTeemo favors levels 4-5 because his sustained Q-and-E poke out-damages your approach.
Level 6TeemoNoxious Trap arrives at 6 and shrooms every path your pack has to walk.
First itemTeemoTeemo wins first item as Blinding Dart plus poke items kite your ghoul DPS.
Two+ itemsYorickTwo items in it turns — your ghouls sustain through the poison and the Maiden free-splits wherever he is not, so his shrooms slow the push without stopping it.

How to beat Teemo as Yorick: the early game

Teemo starts ahead: his Q Blinding Dart shuts off your autos and E Toxic Shot plus stealth poke chunks you before you ever reach him, so levels 1-2 are a losing walk-up.

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 Teemo 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 Teemo in top lane?

Yorick, slightly — a 54.58% win rate edge over 1,680 games; execution can flip it.

Is Yorick vs Teemo a skill matchup?

Mostly — Yorick has a small statistical edge (54.58% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.

Does Yorick counter Teemo?

Not a hard counter — Yorick has a slight edge (54.58% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.

What runes does Yorick take vs Teemo?

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 Teemo.

What should Yorick build vs Teemo?

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

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