How to win lane as Aatrox against Yorick · 50.54% win rate over 2,228 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| 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 | Aatrox | Still yours at 2; his ghoul poke can't out-brawl your early heal and stats. |
| Level 3 | Aatrox | Level 3 lets Aatrox all-in through the thin ghoul wall and drain back. |
| Levels 4-5 | Aatrox | Levels 4-5 stay yours if you fight before he stacks graves and walls you off. |
| Level 6 | Aatrox | World Ender's fear scatters ghouls and Maiden minions for Aatrox. |
| First item | Aatrox | 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 level 1-2 — Yorick's ghoul poke and E slow 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. Trade when his ghouls are down, dodge his E mark, and don't walk into his W cage. Your full damage comes online at 3, so pick your spots until then.
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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