How to win lane as Ambessa against Yorick · 46.39% win rate (1,123 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
His ghouls swarm you — dash his cage, fight off Maiden.
Track: Yorick's W — Dark Procession (20–12s cooldown). Traps you for ghouls. Dash out.
Read from Ambessa's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yorick.
This is Ambessa's own plan; across 1,123 pooled games the lane is leaning Yorick.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Ambessa | His Q (Last Rites) heal and ghoul generation contest the first wave while you are one-ability and energy-gated — give CS, do not brawl into the swarm. |
| Level 2 | Ambessa | Your Q-cone burst trade is online but his Q sustain and ghoul soak even it out — trade only when his ghoul count is low and his E is down. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | You have your dash-weave combo, but Mourning Mist cuts your armour, slows and marks you for every ghoul at once, so neither of you commits cleanly. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Your cooldowns are longest at 4-5 and Maiden is arriving — he out-zones you with E-marks and ghoul pressure, so farm safe and wait for 6. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Public Execution blinks behind the swarm, suppresses and stuns — Dark Procession is 20s and destructible, so break it or wait it out first. |
| First item | Ambessa | Eclipse plus Q max means Q1-auto-Q2 halves him, and Grievous Wounds shuts the 6s Last Rites heal that answers your chip. |
| Two+ items | Ambessa | Maiden, four ghouls and W walls let him out-trade and splitpush you off the side lane — his scaling and your physical-only damage hand him the late game. |
Last Rites heals him every 6 seconds and digs the grave that becomes his next ghoul, so he contests the first waves while you are one-ability and energy-gated — concede a little CS rather than walking into the swarm. Once you have Q-into-Sundering-Slam and a Drakehound's Step empowered auto you can dash-weave a short burst trade, but the moment Mourning Mist lands you are slowed, marked, and short on armour while every ghoul speeds toward the mark. Commit only when his ghoul count is low and that 12s globule is spent.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Ambessa's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Ambessa 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 — Ambessa wins 46.39% of 1,123 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Yorick has a small statistical edge (53.61% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Yorick has the slight edge (Ambessa wins 46.39%), though it stays close.
Ambessa takes Conqueror on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Yorick.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Eclipse (burst + dash tempo) first, then Sterak's Gage, with Plated Steelcaps.
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