How to win lane as Galio against Yorick · 57.14% win rate over 28 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 you have one ability and no engage, but Yorick has no all-in either — he just rings ghouls and pokes, so it is a wash. |
| Level 2 | Galio | Q poke plus E (Justice Punch) knockup come online and punish his walk-up to melee-CS a ghoul. |
| Level 3 | Galio | Your E-knockup into W-taunt locks Yorick down before he can stack graves or land his E cage. |
| Levels 4-5 | Galio | You out-trade a Maiden-less Yorick — bait the E cage, then all-in once it is on cooldown. |
| Level 6 | Galio | Hero's Entrance plus your E-knockup and W-taunt chain runs down an escape-less Yorick — your cleanest kill window all game. |
| First item | Galio | Your Q waveclear and pre-Maiden trades still beat his side lane — shove and threaten the R roam before Maiden is online. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | Maiden, the ghoul swarm and his E cage out-stat you in the side lane — group and lean on R presence instead of dueling. |
Yorick wants to walk up and melee last-hit ghouls while stacking graves for his Maiden — that step-up is exactly what your Level 2-3 E (Justice Punch) knockup punishes, so make him pay every time he reaches for a CS and follow with a Q tornado on top. The one thing to respect is his E, Dark Procession: it summons a ring of spectral mist that cages you in, and if he lands it you cannot walk out while his ghouls and W-slow chunk you, so sidestep it before you commit rather than eating it mid-trade. Trade in short bursts and step out of the ghoul pile.
The full Galio 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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