How to win lane as Gragas against Yorick · 46.93% win rate over 375 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yorick | At level 1 his E slow and ghoul harass chip you while you have one ability and no Happy Hour heal triggered yet. |
| Level 2 | Yorick | His ghouls let him last-hit safe and punish any walk-up Barrel Roll, so the level-2 trade stays in his favor even as your Q+W comes online. |
| Level 3 | Yorick | His ghouls plus your long Body Slam and Barrel Roll cooldowns mean he wins the level-3 trade before your combo is maxed. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | W max, the empowered Drunken Rage auto and Happy Hour let you out-sustain his ghoul poke, pulling the extended trades back to even. |
| Level 6 | Gragas | E-W-Q into Explosive Cask is a real all-in: knock him off the wave or into tower and burst before Maiden snowballs. |
| First item | Gragas | Riftmaker or Rocketbelt keeps your E-W-Q burst lethal through his first item, your peak window to convert the lane. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | Maiden, a full ghoul swarm and his W wall shred your HP and out-split you, reclaiming the side lane as it scales. |
Respect his early. His E spawns ghouls and slows you, letting them chip you while he last-hits safe, and at level 1 you have one ability and no Happy Hour heal triggered yet, so don't walk up to throw a Barrel Roll he just side-steps behind his ghouls. At 2 take Q+W for a real sustain trade, but only step in once his ghouls are dead or pushed to the far side of the wave. At 3 his ghouls plus your long Body Slam and Barrel Roll cooldowns mean he wins the clumsy trade, so farm with the edge of your Q and use Drunken Rage to empower last-hits rather than forcing a fight.
The full Gragas 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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