How to win lane as Darius against Yorick · 43.97% win rate (2,554 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
His Maiden and ghouls out-trade you in extended fights and the cage walls your E-pull. Farm safe and scale to teamfights.
Track: Yorick's W — Dark Procession (20–12s cooldown). Traps you for ghouls. Don’t get caged.
Read from Darius's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yorick.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Darius | You out-stat pre-Maiden Yorick at level 1 — slow, immobile, must walk into your AAs. |
| Level 2 | Darius | Level 2 W slow lets you lock him for extra Hemorrhage stacks while ghouls are thin. |
| Level 3 | Darius | Level 3 E Apprehend and your Q heal still win trades before his ghoul army exists. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yorick | Levels 4-5 his ghouls spawn to tank your Q and add DPS, tipping trades to him. |
| Level 6 | Yorick | Level 6 Maiden of the Mist body-blocks your abilities and out-sustains your bleed. |
| First item | Yorick | At first item his cage-and-Maiden zoning out-trades and out-splits you. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | Late, full Maiden uptime, ghoul blocking and sustain make the 1v1 clearly his. |
Levels 1-3 belong to you: pre-Maiden Yorick is a slow, immobile laner, so walk up, AA him, land Q for the heal and start Hemorrhage bleed while his ghoul economy is thin. E is best held for his W cage.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Darius's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Darius 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 — Darius wins only 43.97% of 2,554 games, so Darius plays this as the disadvantaged side.
Not really — Yorick holds a real statistical advantage (56.03% win rate), so Darius is the one working uphill.
No — Yorick counters Darius (Darius wins only 43.97% of games). Play it as the disadvantaged side and lean on the windows in the plan.
Darius 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) — protects your execute math. Build Stridebreaker (the stickiness fix — run-downs become lethal) first, then Sterak's Gage / Dead Man's Plate, with Plated Steelcaps.
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