How to win lane as Akali against Yorick · 48.38% win rate over 2,383 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yorick | You have only Q and no Shroud, so his E mark and slow let ghouls, autos, and Maiden free-hit you with no way to drop their targeting and reset. |
| Level 2 | Yorick | His ghouls and W wall punish every step-up while you still lack Shroud to break vision and escape after the E mark lands. |
| Level 3 | Yorick | He zones with E (Mourning Mist) and chips you with the swarm; with no W of your own yet you can't reset the trade or all-in safely. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Shroud comes online and drops his ghouls' and Maiden's targeting, so trades reset toward even before the swarm can converge on you. |
| Level 6 | Akali | Perfect Execution plus your E-dash lets you jump in and execute him on missing health — your one clean kill window before Maiden is raised. |
| First item | Yorick | His E mark, W wall, and stacking ghouls let him punish your all-in if the burst doesn't connect, and his sustain out-trades you past the first window. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | Maiden and 2+ items make his ghoul swarm and splitpush too durable for your single-target burst — he out-DPSes and out-splits you late. |
Levels 1-3 are Yorick's. With only Q and no Shroud you can't reset trades or drop his targeting, so his E (Mourning Mist) marks and slows you while ghouls and autos pile on for free. Don't walk up to throw Q into a marked window — he'll E you and let the swarm chase you down, and his W can wall you against the lane edge if you overstay. Last-hit at max Q range, sidestep the E pool, and respect that his ghouls win the stat-check while you're this naked.
The full Akali 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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