How to win lane as Darius against Yorick · 48.96% win rate over 2,459 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| 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.
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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