How to win lane as Heimerdinger against Yorick · 44.71% win rate (539 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Turret-clear ghouls — poke him off Maiden.
Track: Yorick's W — Dark Procession (20–12s cooldown). Traps you for ghouls. E-stun before it.
Read from Heimerdinger's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yorick.
This is Heimerdinger's own plan; across 539 pooled games the lane is Yorick-favoured.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | You have one turret and no stun at level 1, but Yorick's melee start with no Maiden and no ghoul stacks is just as toothless — neither side can commit, so it's even. |
| Level 2 | Heimerdinger | Your second H-28G turret and the slowing beams zone him off CS; his Q on a ghoul can't out-trade the beam chip. |
| Level 3 | Heimerdinger | Three turret charges turn last-hitting into a tax — Yorick eats beam damage every time he walks up for a ghoul or a CS. |
| Levels 4-5 | Heimerdinger | The CH-3X center-stun plus a full nest is your peak; when he E-marks you and the swarm leaps in, the stun deletes his commit on the buildings. |
| Level 6 | Heimerdinger | UPGRADE!!! adds a super-turret or wider stun and Yorick has no dash to jump the nest, so his Maiden walk-in just feeds your turrets. |
| First item | Heimerdinger | Your turret-and-grenade zone still out-trades his first-item ghoul swarm — keep him off the wave and starve his stacks before Maiden comes online. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | Yorick out-scales: Maiden plus full ghouls splitpush a side lane your stationary nest can't rotate to defend, so this window belongs to him — end before it. |
Level 1 you only have one turret and no stun, so don't contest the wave — let Yorick shove and start banking your nest. By Level 2-3 a second H-28G turret and the slowing electron beams take over: every time he walks up to last-hit or to Q a ghoul off you, he eats beam damage he can't trade back. Don't waste your CH-3X grenade clearing ghouls — save the center-stun for Yorick himself.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Heimerdinger's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Heimerdinger 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 — Heimerdinger wins only 44.71% of 539 games, so Heimerdinger plays this as the disadvantaged side.
Not really — Yorick holds a real statistical advantage (55.29% win rate), so Heimerdinger is the one working uphill.
No — Yorick counters Heimerdinger (Heimerdinger wins only 44.71% of games). Play it as the disadvantaged side and lean on the windows in the plan.
Heimerdinger takes Arcane Comet on the Sorcery tree with Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Yorick.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Oblivion Orb (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Liandry's Torment (turret burn) first, then Rylai's Crystal Scepter, with Sorcerer's Shoes.
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