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Yorick for Beginners

BeginnersData-drivenEasyPatch 16.19.1
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This guide is assembled by the site from match data and the game's own information — nobody wrote it by hand. Official and community guides appear alongside it when they exist.

Overview

Yorick belongs to Riot's Fighter and Tank classes and is played mainly as Top (100% of the public matches we measured). It fights in melee range and uses mana. In this guide you play it as Top: your job is to win a long one-on-one lane, pressure the side and matter in team fights. Yorick is of average difficulty: learn the basics below and it rewards you quickly.

Strengths

  • Sustain from Last Rites.
  • Clear job in the team: win a long one-on-one lane, pressure the side and matter in team fights.
  • Eulogy of the Isles gives it a decisive moment in fights.

Weaknesses

  • No dash or blink in the kit: vulnerable to ganks without vision.
  • Isolated lane: vulnerable to ganks when you push.

Build cheat sheet

Pick the build that fits what you want to do this game.

Builds

Simple build

BalancedRecommended
Open build

When to use it

The standard build with only two situational answers: fewer decisions, so you can focus on your lane and your abilities.

Where it's played

Picked before the game: the main lane first, then the alternatives.

Summoner's RiftRed side · bottom leftBlue side · top right
  1. TopMain100% of matches

Starting items

Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Core items

  1. 1Black Cleaver
  2. 2Trinity Force
  3. 3Spear of Shojin

Boots

Plated Steelcaps

Situational

Death's DanceAgainst heavy physical damage.Mercurial ScimitarAgainst heavy magic damage.

Runes

Primary· Precision

PrecisionDominationSorceryInspirationResolve
Press the AttackLethal TempoFleet FootworkConqueror
Absorb LifeTriumphPresence of Mind
Legend: AlacrityLegend: HasteLegend: Bloodline
Coup de GraceCut DownLast Stand

Secondary· Resolve

DominationSorceryInspirationResolve
DemolishFont of LifeShield Bash
ConditioningSecond WindBone Plating
OvergrowthRevitalizeUnflinching

Shards

Adaptive ForceAttack SpeedAbility Haste
Adaptive ForceMove SpeedHealth Scaling
HealthTenacity and Slow ResistHealth Scaling

Summoner spells

  • Flash
  • Teleport

Abilities

  • Shepherd of SoulsPassiveThe Cursed Horde: Yorick can summon Mist Walkers to swarm and attack nearby enemies.
  • QLast Rites6/5.5/5/4.5/4s20 mpYorick deals bonus damage on his next attack and heals himself. If the target is a champion or large monster or if the target dies, a grave will be dug.
    Cooldown
    6·5.5·5·4.5·4
    Cost
    20
    Basic ability — heals. Time it for the enemy's burst, not for chip damage.
  • WDark Procession20/18/16/14/12s70 mpYorick summons a destructible wall at target location that will block enemy movement.
    Cooldown
    20·18·16·14·12
    Cost
    70
    Range
    600
  • EMourning Mist12/11/10/9/8s50/55/60/65/70 mpYorick throws a globule of Black Mist that reduces armor, damages, slows and marks enemies. Summoned units gain move speed when moving towards marked targets.
    Cooldown
    12·11·10·9·8
    Cost
    50·55·60·65·70
    Range
    700
  • REulogy of the IslesUltimate160/130/100s100 mpYorick summons the Maiden of the Mist that causes Yorick's attacks against the Maiden's target to deal bonus damage. The Maiden will also automatically raise Walkers from dead enemies.
    Cooldown
    160·130·100
    Cost
    100
    Range
    600
    Ultimate — summons units. Plan your fights around its cooldown.

Strategy

1What Yorick does

Yorick belongs to Riot's Fighter and Tank classes and is played mainly as Top (100% of the public matches we measured). It fights in melee range and uses mana. The kit brings sustain with Last Rites. Its ultimate is Eulogy of the Isles.

2The basics

In this guide you play it as Top: your job is to win a long one-on-one lane, pressure the side and matter in team fights.

  • Wave management: know when to freeze, slow push or crash the wave.
  • Teleport: use it to return to lane without losing experience or to join a fight that decides the game.

3Common mistakes

Most new players lose games with the same few mistakes. Avoid these and you'll already be ahead:

  • Pushing without vision when the enemy jungler hasn't been seen.
  • Using Teleport on a fight that is already lost.
  • Fighting the enemy on their power spike instead of yours.

4Your first games

Top is an island: few ganks, long trades and a lot of wave management. Freeze the wave near your tower when you're weaker and push it when you want to roam or recall. Use the simple build in this guide and don't worry about situational choices yet.

Tips

  • Wave management: know when to freeze, slow push or crash the wave.
  • Teleport: use it to return to lane without losing experience or to join a fight that decides the game.
  • Check the minimap every few seconds: most deaths come from a jungler you didn't see.
  • Learn what Eulogy of the Isles does before anything else: it's the ability that wins fights.

Changelog

  1. Guide created for patch 16.19.1.

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