How to win lane as Illaoi against Yorick · 45.51% win rate (1,114 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
His cage stops your slam and ghouls out-DPS — dodge W, clear ghouls.
Track: Yorick's W — Dark Procession (20–12s cooldown). Traps you out of your tentacles. Don’t get caged.
Read from Illaoi's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yorick.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yorick | Yorick's ghoul poke and base stats beat you at level 1. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | At 2 his Ghoul spawns and Q chip keep him ahead. |
| Level 3 | Illaoi | At 3 your W-E-Q combo lands before Maiden exists — a clean Illaoi window. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 are even as his cage and your all-in threat trade off. |
| Level 6 | Yorick | At 6 Maiden plus ghouls out-DPS your R ring, favouring Yorick. |
| First item | Yorick | First-item Maiden pressure and ghoul sustain keep it his. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Late is skill-based: isolating him from summons decides it either way. |
Yorick owns 1-2: Last Rites (Q) is an auto-attack reset that heals him and digs a grave on every champion hit, so his swarm is built out of you. The wind-up is your cue to step back, not the cast. Take short trades and never fight beside his graves.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Illaoi's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Illaoi 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, slightly — Illaoi wins 45.51% of 1,114 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Yorick has a small statistical edge (54.49% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Yorick has the slight edge (Illaoi wins 45.51%), though it stays close.
Illaoi takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Precision secondary (Triumph and Legend: Haste) vs Yorick.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Iceborn Gauntlet (the slow makes tentacles land) first, then Sterak's Gage, with Plated Steelcaps.
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