User blog comment:Fistful of Force/PSA: Trundle and Nasus DO NOT COUNTER YORICK/@comment-98.71.72.18-20120720212438

It's a shame that you're comparing ONE aspect of Trundle's gameplay to ALL aspects of Yorick's. The Trundle/Yorick matchup is not as lopsided as you try to make it sound. Although Trundle doesn't necessarily "counter" Yorick, he can stand to go toe to toe with him and this is supposed to be about the matchup in a solo top lane so "ULTING HIS CARRY" shouldn't really matter.

Pretty much everything that you mentioned about Yorick at the end, Trundle has as well. In addition to his passive that you mentioned, Trundle has an ult that takes a percentage of armor and magic resist from the enemy and grants it to Trundle that helps him out greatly in a 1v1 (and even more in a team fight when he can ULT THE ENEMY TANK), an attack speed/CC reduction/movement speed buff that can cover the entire lane, a bite that takes that "passive 0-20% attack damage" and gives it to Trundle, and terrain with a slow. Yorick has a clear adavantage over Trundle as far as sustain and cooldowns so Yorick should be favored in a 1v1 against Trundle AFTER Tear of the Goddess and level 6 ult. But while Yorick is building his Tear, Trundle should be building that Sheen. Once Trundle gets that Sheen, he should be putting out pretty nice damage, at least enough to make Yorick say ouch, and with help from a jungler's red buff, the pillar, and Trundle's ult....dead Yorick.

You can't just say Yorick doesn't have mana problems. Yorick would have mana problems if he didn't go to lane with a mana/mana regen item or build the Tear of the Goddess. If you feel a need to buy an item to accomodate, it's probably a problem. You can't take an early item into account because building that item also gives them liabilities elsewhere. They could have something else to go to lane with because I can guarantee you that the enemy did if they don't have a similar problem.

I'm not going to say too much about Nasus. Although I know him, I don't know him as well as Trundle.