Yorick ARAM Build and Guide

Updated for patch 26.20. 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.

Item suggestions here are editorial and based on what each item does in the current patch. We don’t use win-rate data.

How is Yorick changed in ARAM?

ARAM modifier	Yorick
Damage dealt	105%

Only a damage buff, and no change to damage taken. 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. You can’t recall to buy items, so you shop at the fountain at the start and each time you respawn (plan the next item before you die, not after). Health relics in the lane are the other way to recover, since there is no going back to base to heal. And the mode’s summoner spell, Mark, throws a snowball that lets you dash to the target it hits.

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. You pick it before the game loads, and it stays fixed for the whole match. Getting that spell wrong hurts you as much as a bad first item.

What do those numbers mean in a fight?

How much is a 5% damage buff for Yorick? If he and his summons deal 1,000 damage in a trade on the Rift, the same trade deals 1,050 in ARAM. His damage taken is unchanged, no free tankiness from the mode, 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. For the Summoner’s Rift side, see our Yorick counters guide. His skins are on the Yorick skins page, and items have stats and history in our 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. He deals 105% damage, according to the League of Legends Wiki’s ARAM data.

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. It is an editorial guide based on item and ability effects in patch 26.20. We don’t use win-rate data.