User blog comment:TheTobarMethod/Yorick, Top Lane's Version of Satan/@comment-5038450-20130122163519/@comment-5038450-20130122183521

Yorick is a very kit reliant champion, meaning early on he can start off pretty weak, and you can kill him if you commit fast enough. Past 7 he becomes alot tougher with his ultimate and level scalings on abilities, which makes him a lot tougher to deal with.

Kit-reliant champions usually do great mid game and onwards, but he just loses his amazing prowess lategame, where item-reliant champions take over.