"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow
of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath
borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how
abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at
it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know
not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your
gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment,
that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one
now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen?
Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let
her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must
come; make her laugh at that. "

- From Shakespeare's Hamlet, 1602

I play Yorick tanky with decent damage but high lane sustainability. Built with vamp items in mind. Top lane.

0/21/9

He's tanky, so he gets 21 in Def tree. Points in util help him stay in lane.

REDS
Weather you're doing AD with Q or AP with the rest, you be hitting harder

BLUES
Scaling M.res - for those pesky mages

YELLOWS
Armor - standard on tanks

QUINTS
Move speed - he's slow. these help

I take clarity / teleport. Clarity is for ghost spam. Teleport to relane or help carries that have trouble.

Also heal / flash are good to escape low level ganks.

Ah the items. Well here's a bit of unique core set for a tanky person.

Swift boots - speed and slow reduction. yes.

BotRK - nice damage but best part is lifesteal.

LVDP - health, dmg, vamp, CDR, ar.pen. yes.

Spirit Visage - Health, CDR, passive synergy with vamp/lifesteal. Yup.

Warmogs - More HP. Could replace with banshees veil if mages are fed.