How to win lane as Illaoi against Yorick · 50.15% win rate over 1,023 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yorick | Yorick's ghoul poke and base stats beat you at level 1. |
| Level 2 | Yorick | 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 out-stats you at level 1-2 with his Q ghoul poke and passive Ghoul spawns off grave marks; he can chip you and set up a W cage before your W is online. Take short trades, dodge Q, and don't get walled with ghouls around.
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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