Garen vs Yorick
Skill matchup
Build vs Yorick
Build adapted to this matchup
Recommended items for Garen: Stridebreaker, Phantom Dancer, Mortal Reminder, Berserker's Greaves, Dead Man's Plate, Youmuu's Ghostblade, Executioner's Calling, Infinity Edge.
Starting items
Core build
Standard
Summoner spells
Anti CC
Other options
Power Spikes
Strength by game phase
Yorick's abilities
Passive, spells and ultimate
The Cursed Horde: Yorick can summon Mist Walkers to swarm and attack nearby enemies.
Cooldowns
Cooldowns by spell rank
| Level | Q | W | E | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 6s | 20s | 12s | – |
| 6 | 5s | 20s | 12s | 2m40 |
| 9 | 4s | 18s | 12s | 2m40 |
| 11 | 4s | 16s | 12s | 2m10 |
| 16 | 4s | 12s | 10s | 1m40 |
| 18 | 4s | 12s | 8s | 1m40 |
Playing as Garen
Tips to maximize your impact
- Silence, spin, back off
Trade with Decisive Strike (Q), then Judgment (E), and back off: the Decisive Strike silence stops your opponent from answering with spells.
- Stay closest to your opponent
During Judgment (E), stay closer to your opponent than to their minions: the nearest enemy takes extra damage.
- Back off to regenerate
After a trade, back off until Perseverance (passive) kicks in: without recent damage taken, you regenerate part of your health every second.
- Courage just before impact
Activate Courage (W) just before the bulk of the damage: you first gain a shield and tenacity, then a longer damage reduction.
- Save your R to finish
Save Demacian Justice (R) to finish: its true damage grows with the target's missing health.
Playing against Yorick
How to counter and exploit weaknesses
- Dodge his Mourning Mist
Dodge Mourning Mist (E): once marked, you lose armor, his nearby graves keep raising Mist Walkers, and his units rush toward you.
- Kill his Mist Walkers first
Kill his Mist Walkers, summoned by Shepherd of Souls (passive), before going for him: a single auto or single-target spell is enough for each.
- Break his wall
If Dark Procession (W) traps you, hit the wall to break it instead of waiting for it to disappear.
- Kill the Maiden first
If you can, take down the Maiden of the Mist before Yorick: summoned by Eulogy of the Isles (R), she carries a large part of his damage and push.
- Answer his split push
Don't let him split push alone: with the Eulogy of the Isles (R) Maiden and his Mist Walkers, he quickly threatens a tower. Send someone to answer him.
Other Garen matchups
Patch 16.21.1