Talk:Yorick/@comment-4956331-20120704203447

I find that Yorick's laning capabilities are greatly overexaggerated, he can beat pretty much everyone for like the first 4 levels, then most other solo tops will be able to deal with him. Furthermore, Yorick has no kill potential, so even if he manages to bring the opponents low on health, he won't be able to go for the kill (unless they were stupid enough to stay in lane with like 100 hp).

Based on my experiences, these champions can survive/beat him:

Nasus: he can farm your ghouls, and you can't towerdive him once he reaches 6. During mid game, he just igores you entirely and shits on you if you try to duel him.

Renekton: Can't kill him with double dash + ult. Heals off your minions and has no resources. If he builds tanky first, then you could still have a chance of beating him. If he rushes Wriggle's or BT, he'll just lifesteal + heal from any harass.

Riven: Shields your harass, vastly outdamages you. Can't kill her due to her stuns and dashes. And she'll just ignore your damage once she gets a BT.

Udyr: Max Turtle + Wriggle's. Good luck trying to do anything against him.

Poppy: Ignores all your damage, outscales you, farms under her turret, and you can't kill her.

Irelia(?): Haven't laned against her after her sustain nerf, but she used to be able to just get Wriggle's and ignore all your damage.

Singed: Eventually he'll just become too tanky for you to do anything. Pushes harder than you, Plus it's impossible for you to kill him.

The champions that Yorick can beat at all stages of the game:

Fiora, and Shyvanna. lol

I'm still actively playing Yorick to find new info on his matchups. But really, he's not amazing at all. Especially considering that his scaling is horrible and his only team fight contribution is his ult.