Yorick ARAM Build and Guide

Updated for patch 26.21. Ability details come from Riot’s official game data for this patch; ARAM balance numbers come from the League of Legends Wiki’s champion data.

A Yorick ARAM build starts with a damage buff: in ARAM, Yorick deals 105% damage. His summons also clog the lane: Mist Walkers and the Maiden pile extra bodies into fights that are already shoulder-to-shoulder in ARAM.

For his build we read each item’s current text and asked one thing: does it make the ghouls hit harder? We don’t use win-rate data.

How is Yorick changed in ARAM?

The mode hands him only a damage buff and leaves everything else, damage taken included, exactly where it is on the Rift. Nothing else. On the Howling Abyss, his biggest advantage is the wall from Dark Procession, which is harder to walk around in a single lane.

Why does Yorick fit the Howling Abyss?

• Shepherd of Souls: Mist Walkers swarm and attack nearby enemies.
• Last Rites: bonus damage on his next attack and a heal; champion hits dig graves.
• Dark Procession: a destructible wall that blocks enemy movement, very effective in a narrow lane.
• Mourning Mist: reduces armor, slows and marks enemies, sending his summons after them.
• Eulogy of the Isles: the Maiden of the Mist, who boosts his attacks and raises more Walkers.

What should a Yorick ARAM build focus on?

Damage that keeps working while he is surrounded. Black Cleaver (45 Attack Damage, 400 Health, 20 Ability Haste) lowers the armor of champions he hits. Spear of Shojin (45 AD, 450 Health) adds 25 Basic Ability Haste, so Last Rites and Mourning Mist come back faster. Titanic Hydra (40 AD, 600 Health) cleaves enemies behind his target.

In practice, health on every item matters, because Yorick is melee and ARAM poke chips away at him before fights start.

How do you play Yorick on the Howling Abyss?

• Wall the retreat. Dark Procession blocks movement, and in a single lane there is often nowhere else to go.
• Mark before you engage. Mourning Mist sends his summons after marked enemies.
• Bank graves on the wave. Last Rites on champions digs graves for later.
• Release the Maiden early in a fight. She raises more Walkers the longer she stays.

How do shopping and Mark change the plan?

Two ARAM rules hit you before anything else. The fountain is Yorick’s only shop, open at spawn and on every respawn, so settle on the next item while the ghouls are still up. Lane relics are the only healing between deaths, with base out of reach. Mark is ARAM’s snowball: hit with it and Yorick may dash after the target, ghouls in tow.

For Yorick, Mark can start a fight on his terms: dash in, then drop Dark Procession behind the target so the walk back is blocked. He keeps both spells from loading until the end. Getting that spell wrong hurts you as much as a bad first item.

What do those numbers mean in a fight?

What does a 5% bump actually change for a summoner like Yorick? If he and his summons deal 1,000 damage in a trade on the Rift, the same trade deals 1,050 in ARAM. The mode leaves his damage taken alone, no free tankiness, so your build is the only thing keeping you alive.

The bigger factor is space. In a single lane, Dark Procession’s wall covers most of the width, which makes it far harder to walk around than in a side lane on Summoner’s Rift. A well-placed Dark Procession can split the enemy team in two, with the carries cut off from their front line.

Which enemies give him the most trouble? Mages with area damage, because his Mist Walkers die quickly to spells that hit everything, and champions like Jax whose dodge blanks the swarm’s attacks.

Is Yorick good in ARAM?

He does the job. The thing is, area damage from enemy mages wipes his summons in a grouped lane, and that guts half his kit. Against teams with little area damage (three melee champions and no mage, for example), his wall and swarm can decide fights. Top lane threats to Yorick are listed in the Yorick counters guide. Yorick’s skins live on the Yorick skins page; per-patch item changes are in the LoL items database.

Put simply, a good Yorick ARAM game comes down to wall first, mist second, Maiden on the biggest fight.

FAQ

Is Yorick buffed in ARAM?

Slightly. The wiki’s ARAM data lists Yorick at 105% damage dealt.

Why is Yorick’s wall so strong there?

Dark Procession blocks enemy movement, and the single lane leaves fewer ways around it.

What items does Yorick build on the Howling Abyss?

Damage items with health and haste, such as Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin and Titanic Hydra.

What counters Yorick in ARAM?

Area damage that wipes his Mist Walkers, and in ARAM, enemy mages get to blast the whole pack every fight.

Is this build based on win rates?

No. Graves, ghouls, the Maiden and each item were read straight from their patch 26.21 descriptions. We don’t use win-rate data.