Yorick vs Shen Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Yorick is a fighter/tank hybrid, Shen a tank, and they meet in the Top lane. Over 913 ranked games on patch 16.13.1, Yorick closes out 43.6% of them. Sitting 6.4 points below the 50% line marks Shen as a genuine problem pick for Yorick.
Both champions are melee (Yorick at 175, Shen at 125), so the lane is decided by cooldowns rather than reach.
Yorick looks for Mourning Mist (E); Shen answers with Twilight Assault (Q). The pressure spikes when Eulogy of the Isles and Stand United come online together. Resources split the two: Mana for Yorick, Energy for Shen.
Yorick and Shen overlap on mixed damage, so itemisation converges rather than splits. Yorick carries 650 base health to Shen’s 610, and 36 armour to 34. Level 18 armour lands at 112 for Yorick and 105 for Shen.
Sample size counts as much as the number — 913 games for Shen here.
FAQ
No — current data marks this as a counter matchup: Shen has the statistical edge. Yorick wins 43.6% of the recorded games.
43.6% from Yorick's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
913 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Yorick build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Yorick build page.