How to win lane as Heimerdinger against Yorick · 56.09% win rate over 271 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| 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.
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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