Yorn Counters 2026: Best Counter Picks & Builds

Yorn

Marksman

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Heroes That Counter Yorn

Heroes that counter Yorn in 1v1 duels and team fights include: Elsu, Brunhilda, Stuart, Grakk, Aoi, Wukong, Yue — these heroes have extremely strong burst damage or superior range, making it easy to dominate the lane or pressure Yorn , slowing down his power progression drastically and making it hard for him to reach late game.

Elsu

Yorn has almost no mobility, which means that even though his shots hurt, he can never actually land a hit on Elsu. On top of that, since he’s so immobile, Yorn also finds it extremely hard to dodge Elsu’s long-range strikes.

Brunhilda

Brunhilda is actually a very strong marksman but not very popular, because her skill is fairly easy to dodge — but that’s not something an extremely immobile hero like Yorn can pull off. With her massive damage and extremely long-range ultimate, Brunhilda can easily send Yorn back to base in large team fights.

Stuart

Stuart’s damage isn’t huge, but he’s clearly stronger than Yorn in the early game. Combined with a skill that grants physical damage immunity, this hero will definitely make Yorn’s life miserable.

Sp Support Heroes That Counter Yorn

Grakk

Grakk

As mentioned, Yorn’s only way of moving is walking, combined with a fairly short attack range, making him an easy target for Grakk’s hooks. This support hero can keep constant pressure on Yorn from start to finish.

Jungle Assassins That Counter Yorn

Aoi
Wukong

Aoi

Aoi is an assassin with extremely high mobility, and more importantly, her burst damage combined with an ultimate that makes her untargetable makes her extremely well-suited to quickly take down a high-late-game-damage marksman like Yorn.

Wukong

Wukong is Yorn’s nightmare — the reason is that this marksman has almost nothing to escape with once Wukong closes in, and there’s a very high chance he’ll have to retreat to base after eating a few critical hits.

Mid Lane Mages That Counter Yorn

Yue

Yue

Yue absolutely loves an immobile matchup like Yorn — the moment Yorn dares to stand and shoot within Yue’s range, he can vanish instantly to a single well-placed slash.

items that counter Yorn

Significantly reduces physical damage taken from Yorn.

Good to build if you’re the tank — every time Yorn shoots you, he loses health himself.

Reduces Yorn’s attack speed and physical damage — extremely effective since Yorn relies on attack speed to live.

Great for support heroes to reduce Yorn’s attack speed while near him.

how to counter Yorn in lane

Play aggressively: Yorn is weak in the early game, so attack relentlessly whenever you get the chance to slow down his power progression.

Gang up on him: Call your jungler and mid laner down to gank this juicy target, and squeeze him dry as much as possible.

Deny his farm: Yorn needs a lot of items to reach his full power, so a good strategy is to zone him hard to stop him from farming minions.

how to counter Yorn in team fights

Corner him before the fight: Set up the fight position so Yorn doesn’t have open space to freely shoot from.

Watch his passive: Yorn’s Endless Arrows shot deals shockingly high damage, so watch out for it carefully.

Prioritize attacking him: Yorn is extremely strong late game, so focus your damage and key crowd control on him first.

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