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Yorick
Patch 16.2.1
TopDifficulty
Medium
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
Relentlessly split-push side lanes. Force the enemy to send two or more people to stop you, then use to either kill them or escape while your team takes objectives elsewhere.
Playstyle
A macro-focused split-pusher who wins by creating overwhelming map pressure and destroying structures while the enemy is distracted.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- +Unmatched tower-taking speed once is active
- +Ability to solo Rift Herald and Baron early in the game
- +Strong area denial and disruption with
- +Can pressure multiple lanes simultaneously by releasing
Weaknesses
- -High dependency on landing to deal damage
- -Mist Walkers from are easily cleared by high attack speed champions
- -No reliable escape tools or hard mobility
- -Long cooldown on if the Maiden is killed early
Abilities
Mist Walkers are your primary damage source. They spawn from graves or . Never commit to a fight without 3-4 ghouls ready. They will only leap to targets hit by .
Your main tool for lane sustain and grave setup. Use to last-hit minions to create graves. It is an auto-attack reset; always use it immediately after a basic attack to maximize DPS.
Summons a destructible wall. is best used to trap enemies AFTER they have used their dash or to block narrow paths in the jungle. It does not count as terrain for wall-stuns.
The most critical ability in your kit. slows enemies, shreds armor, and marks them for your Mist Walkers to leap on. If you miss this, you lose most of your kill pressure.
Summons the Maiden of the Mist. She spawns Mist Walkers automatically from nearby deaths. Attacking her target deals bonus %HP magic damage. Keep her alive to maintain permanent pressure.
Teamfight Role
Peeler and Tank Shredder
Yorick is not a primary initiator. Stay near your carries, use to cage divers, and focus the enemy frontline with to melt them with %HP damage.
If you find a flank on an immobile carry, land + to let your ghouls solo-kill them.
Combos
Standard Trade
4 Graves nearby → → (to raise ghouls)
Land the slow first so your ghouls leap immediately. Use the Q reset on a minion or the champion to summon your army.
The Kill Box
→ → →
Slow them with E to make landing the W cage easier. Once trapped, summon the Maiden to benefit from the bonus %HP damage on your Q reset.
Flash Engage
→ Flash (mid-cast) →
Flashing mid-cast of E hides the animation and extends the range, making it nearly impossible to react to before you cage them with W.
Objective Shred
→ (on monster) → (on cooldown)
Use the Maiden to tank the objective while you and the ghouls proc the %HP damage from repeatedly.
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 2 | Unlocks the + combo. If you have graves ready, you can force a Flash or get a kill against many melee matchups. |
| Level 6 | is a massive power spike. You go from a weak laner to a duelist that can 1v2 if the enemy jungler ganks. |
| Level 11 | Rank 2 increases Maiden's health, making her significantly harder for enemies to kill during a split-push. |
| Level 16 | The Maiden's %HP damage becomes lethal against tanks, and cooldown is low enough to maintain constant pressure. |
Tips & Tricks
- •You can re-cast to release the Maiden down a lane. Do this before an objective spawn to force the enemy to choose between the buff or their tower.
- •The heal from is doubled when you are below 50% health. Use this to bait enemies into bad dives.
- •Mist Walkers from take significantly reduced damage from AOE spells but die in one auto-attack. Position them carefully.
- •Use to block the path between the turret and the wall, forcing enemies to take extra tower shots or burn a dash.
- •The mark from lasts 8 seconds. You don't have to engage immediately; you can wait for the enemy to waste a defensive tool first.
- •If the Maiden is taking tower aggro, walk out of range immediately. Losing early ruins your pressure for several minutes.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Fighting without ghouls or graves→You lose the majority of your damage and will likely lose trades even against weaker champions.
- ✕Letting the Maiden die for free→Without , you cannot effectively split-push or 1v1, making you a literal minion for the duration of the cooldown.
- ✕Missing but still committing to the fight→Your ghouls won't leap, you won't get the armor shred, and you will be easily kited and killed.
- ✕Using too early against mobile champions→They will simply dash or blink out of the cage, leaving you with no way to stick to them.
- ✕Grouping too much with the team→Yorick's greatest strength is side-lane pressure. If you are constantly mid, you are wasting your high structure damage and Maiden's potential.
AI-generated guide • Patch 16.2.1 • Cached