How to win lane as Aatrox against Yorick · 47.9% win rate (2,284 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
The ghouls win the long fight — clear them, dodge the W cage, fight when Maiden is down.
Track: Yorick's W — Dark Procession (20–12s cooldown). Traps you for the ghoul burst. Don’t get caged.
Read from Aatrox's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yorick.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Aatrox | Level 1 favours you — few ghouls and no Maiden means your base stats win the short trades. |
| Level 2 | Yorick | Still yours at 2; his ghoul poke can't out-brawl your early heal and stats. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 lets Aatrox all-in through the thin ghoul wall and drain back. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 stay yours if you dodge Last Rites so no grave is dug for him. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | World Ender's fear scatters ghouls and Maiden minions for Aatrox. |
| First item | Yorick | First-item R and Eclipse clear the wall for a clean favoured 1v1. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | Late, Maiden plus ghoul wall out-DPSes and cages Aatrox out. |
You hold the edge at levels 1-2 — ghoul poke and Mourning Mist (E, 12s) chip at you, but with few ghouls and no Maiden his all-in is weak, so your base stats and heal win the short brawls. Dodging E matters most: it marks you and his summons speed toward the mark. His W cage is destructible, so break a segment if boxed. Your damage lands at 3.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Aatrox's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Aatrox vs Yorick report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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Yorick, slightly — Aatrox wins 47.9% of 2,284 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Yorick has a small statistical edge (52.1% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Yorick has the slight edge (Aatrox wins 47.9%), though it stays close.
Aatrox takes Conqueror on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Second Wind and Overgrowth) vs Yorick.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion (Doran's Shield + Second Wind vs ghoul poke) and back for Serrated Dirk (→ Profane Hydra) + boots — clearing tools over anti-heal. Build Profane Hydra (clears ghouls + Maiden and pushes the wave) first, then Sundered Sky, with Plated Steelcaps.
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