Yorick Top Build

Yorick Champion Guide

Role: Fighter

Lane: Toplane

Yorick Top is best played with Trinity Force, Plated Steelcaps, Serylda's Grudge, Hullbreaker, and Sterak's Gage. The most picked runes for Yorick Top are Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, and Last Stand for the primary tree, with Bone Plating and Demolish for the secondary tree.

Yorick Champion Abilities

Shepherd of Souls

Yorick raises a grave for every 12th / 6th / 2nd enemies that die near him. Champions and large monsters always leave a grave.

These graves can be used to summon Mist Walkers with Awakening and Eulogy of the Isles. Mist Walkers have 110-212 (+20% maximum health) health and 4-90 (+0.2 of attack damage) attack damage, and Yorick can control up to 4 in an area (depedning on level). P

Last Rite

Yorick's next attack deals an additional 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 (+0.4 per attack damage) physical damage and restores 10-68 health (+4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8% missing health), halved vs non-champions. If this attack kills the target, it leaves a grave.

When there are 3 or more graves nearby and this ability has already been used, Yorick can Recast to raise Mist Walkers from all nearby graves.

This ability triggers spell effects upon dealing damage. Q

Dark Procession

Yorick summons a wall of spirits blocking enemies' path, but not allies'. The wall can be attacked, and disappears after 2 / 2 / 3 / 3 / 4 hits. W

Mourning Mist

Yorick throws a globule of Black Mist that deals 15% current health as magic damage (min: 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 (+70% of ability power)), slows by 30% for 2 seconds, and marks champions and monsters for 4 seconds.

Marked enemies continuously awaken nearby graves (but not exceeding the maximum of 4, and take 20% increased damage from up to 8 attacks by Mist Walkers. Yorick and his summoned units gain 20% movement speed toward the mark. Mist Walkers will leap once at marked enemies that get away from them. E

Eulogy of the Isles

Yorick summons the Maiden of the Mist and 2 / 3 / 4 Mist Walkers. The Maiden has 400-1650 (+60% of Yorick's maximum health) health, deals 0 / 10 / 40 (+0.5 per attack damage) magic damage, and automatically raises more Mist Walkers from nearby enemy deaths. When Yorick damages the Maiden's target, he will deal 2 / 2.5 / 3% max health magic damage. This effect has no cooldown.

After 10 seconds, Yorick can Recast this ability to free the Maiden, sending her down the nearest lane. R

Yorick Summoner Spells

Flash

Flash is a location-targeted summoner spell that causes your champion to blink to the location in range of your cursor.

Ignite

Ignite is a unit-targeted summoner spell that burns an enemy champion for a few seconds, dealing periodic true damage, applying healing reduction, and revealing the target over the duration.

Yorick Runes

Yorick Items

Yorick Ability Order

Yorick Matchups Overview

Strong against

Illaoi

Tahm Kench

Quinn

Dr. Mundo

Volibear

Cassiopeia

Weak against

Kled

Irelia

Tryndamere

Wukong

Yasuo

Heimerdinger

Yorick Tips and Tricks

Look to split push with your Ultimate R to take down towers. Avoid engaging in team fights if you’re not sure you can win them, especially if your Ultimate R is on cooldown. Yorick needs time to come online, so keep the minion wave close to your tower before level 6 to increase your chances of getting a lead and reducing the risk of ganks. During basic trades, avoid using any abilities other than your Q, as your abilities cost a lot of mana, leaving you vulnerable while they are on cooldown.

Best Yorick Builds, Runes and Items for Top

Most Popular

For the most popular Yorick Top build, take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. Use Conqueror as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Bone Plating and Demolish in the secondary tree. Rune shards should be Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex, and Health Scaling in defense, depending on the matchup. Begin with Trinity Force, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Serylda's Grudge. The last three items to build are Hullbreaker, Sterak's Gage, and Thornmail. Stick with the skill order Q - E - W.

Optional

An alternative build for Yorick Top involves Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, choose Conqueror as your keystone with Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Demolish in the secondary tree. Rune shards should be Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex, and Health Scaling in defense. Start with Profane Hydra, then build Boots of Swiftness and Serylda's Grudge. The remaining items should be Opportunity, Edge of Night, and Guardian Angel. Follow the Q - E - W skill order.

Alternative

If you're looking for another alternative, use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes should be Conqueror as your keystone with Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Demolish in the secondary tree. Rune shards to choose are Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling. Begin with Eclipse, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Serylda's Grudge. Finish the build with Spear of Shojin, Liandry's Torment, and Profane Hydra. Keep the Q - E - W skill order.

Off-Meta

For an off-meta approach, use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, and pick Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth in the primary tree. Legend: Bloodline and Presence of Mind should be chosen in the secondary tree. Rune shards should be Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling. Start with Trinity Force, then build Plated Steelcaps and Hullbreaker. The final items should be Serylda's Grudge, Sterak's Gage, and Sundered Sky. Stick to the Q - E - W skill order.

Situational Yorick Runes and Items

Depending on your game's context, the matchup, and enemy champions, you might need to adjust your items or runes. Always assess your team composition, enemy threats, and the game state when deciding on your Yorick build. For example, you might want to opt for Armor or Magic Resist rune shards depending on the champion you're facing in lane.