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Yorick vs Garen

How to Beat Garen as Yorick in LoLYorick is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Garen as Yorick

based on 3,106 Yorick vs Garen matchups
Win Rate
53.4 %
K/D/A
1.68
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated League rounds that we get from Riot Games each week. Our guide on how to beat Garen as Yorick resulted from an examination of 3106 ranked games where both champs clashed against each other. This champion pairing is somewhat rare. Yorick has to counter Garen in only 3.5% of his rounds.

Yorick vs Garen Matchup Summary

Yorick does a good job of countering Garen. Normally, he wins a fantastic 53.4% of games the champions face each other in. In Yorick versus Garen matches, Yorick’s team is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood. This indicates that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Garen.

Best Yorick vs Garen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordSerrated Dirk

Core Yorick Items

~22 Mins
Edge of NightSerylda's GrudgeProfane Hydra

Optional Items

EclipseRavenous HydraOpportunityHullbreaker

Summoner Spells

summonerteleport summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Yorick to level upq
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Second ability for Yorick to level upe
>
Last skill for Yorick to max outw

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishBone PlatingOvergrowth
PrecisionPresence of MindLegend: Bloodline
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Yorick's passive ability p
Yorick's q ability q
Yorick's w ability w
Yorick's e ability e
Yorick's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
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Q
10
E
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R
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E
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W
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Guide to Countering Garen as Yorick

Tips for Playing as Yorick against Garen

You do not need to cast Awakening to regain the ability to cast Last Rites.

You can send the Maiden down a lane alone, be careful though, as she represents a large portion of your combat power.

The Maiden will attempt to assist you in a fight, so choose your targets well.

Advice to Win Against Garen

Be careful about attacking Garen in brush. It often will lead to taking full damage from Judgment.

Stack armor items to lower the large amount of physical damage that Garen deals out.

Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. If getting out of its radius isn't possible, move through allied minions to reduce damage taken.

Try to run away from Garen as your health gets lower, as he can execute you quickly with Demacian Justice.

Yorick vs Garen Counter Stats

Yorick Image
Win Rate
53.4 %
VS
Win Rate
46.6 %
Garen Image
4.2
< Kills >
5.7
5
< Deaths >
4.4
4.2
< Assists >
3.7
0.98
< Killing Sprees >
1.34
196
< Minions Killed >
182
0.16
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.86
< Inhibitors >
0.59
14,680
< Physical Damage >
12,685
7,484
< Magic Damage >
205
483
< True Damage >
4,518
22,648
< Damage Dealt >
17,409
27,048
< Damage Taken >
31,317
12,570
< Gold Earned >
12,004
3.69
< Towers >
2.58
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
7,078
< Total Healing >
3,352
15,717
< Experience >
15,409
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
204
< Time Dealing CC >
159

How to Counter Garen with Yorick in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several critical Yorick vs. Garen counter stats that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Garen’s ratio of NaN, showing that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Garen..

Yorick often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Garen. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Yorick and Garen

Damage Types Compared

Yorick
Garen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Yorick
Garen

Who is Better, Yorick or Garen?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Yorick usually wins when facing off against Garen, with a 53.4% win rate. Therefore, Yorick makes a great counter to Garen.

While Yorick does have a higher win rate compared to Garen, when facing one another, Yorick also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Yorick into Garen.

Additionally, Yorick has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Garen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Garen matchups, Yorick is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Yorick is a great counter for Garen. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Yorick against Garen.

Other Champion Matchups Against Yorick

Yorick Loses Against

TrundleTrundle44.9% winrateIreliaIrelia45.3% winrateMaokaiMaokai46.2% winrateZyraZyra46.2% winrate

Yorick Wins Against

YuumiYuumi59.3% winrateNidaleeNidalee56.1% winrateIllaoiIllaoi55.9% winrateZeriZeri55.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Yorick Players

How We Calculated Our Yorick vs Garen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Garen as Yorick, we analyzed 3,106 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Garen as Yorick comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Yorick Build Garen Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Yorick to counter Garen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Yorick on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Garen. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Yorick versus Garen build include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Yorick combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Garen than with most other common builds. In fact, Yorick boasted an average winrate of 53.4% battling Garen with this build.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating Garen as Yorick, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Legend: Bloodline, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Yorick vs Garen matchups, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.4% win rate overall.

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