Yorick vs Garen TOP Matchup Guide

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Overview

Focus on preparing graves and landing to send ghouls before committing to trades.
Build side-lane pressure using Maiden and ghouls to force Garen or the enemy team to respond.
Avoid extended fights early and deny Garen short trades relying on silence and execute windows.

Set graves first, then land to mark Garen and send ghouls for pressure.
Use cage to trap Garen after marking him with for optimal trades.
Punish Garen immediately after he uses silence, as his damage window is limited.

Avoid fighting when graves are not prepared or Maiden is dead, as your threat is significantly reduced.
Beware of Garen's silence, which negates your slow and disrupts trades.
Stay out of execute range after Garen hits level 6; low health makes you vulnerable to .

Use early to generate graves and prepare for trades instead of forcing fights.
Disengage from trades until ghouls and mark are ready to maximize damage.
Respect Garen's silence and short trades by holding distance until cooldowns expire.

At level 6, summon Maiden with to increase side-lane pressure and duel potential; keep her alive.
Prepared ghouls combined with mark create strong pressure; always set graves before engaging.
Respect Garen's level 6 execute ; avoid trades when below execute threshold to prevent death.

Trap Garen with cage after marking him with to control trades.
Keep Maiden alive to apply sustained pressure, forcing Garen or his team to respond to side-lane threats.
Exploit Garen's predictable engage by punishing cooldowns and denying his short trades to scale into late game splitpush dominance.

Tactical tip

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