How to win lane as Jax against Yorick · 50.48% win rate (2,415 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
E his ghouls — dodge his cage, out-scale him.
Track: Yorick's W — Dark Procession (20–12s cooldown). Traps you for the ghouls. Don’t get caged.
Read from Jax's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yorick.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even — Yorick has no poke and you only have Leap Strike with no Counter Strike yet, so just deny his ghoul-backed last-hits. |
| Level 2 | Jax | You take W and Q-onto-Yorick into an Empowered auto is burst he can't answer before Maiden exists. |
| Level 3 | Jax | Your full combo lands: Counter Strike dodges his autos and the ghouls' autos, then the recast stuns him. |
| Levels 4-5 | Jax | You out-trade him as you rank the combo — bait his 12s E-mark, leap in, and his ghoul DPS just feeds your dodge. |
| Level 6 | Jax | Grandmaster-at-Arms' Armor/MR active plus the third-hit on-hit wins the level 6 all-in clean through his ghouls. |
| First item | Jax | Your Trinity / on-hit spike still beats his first item — close it now before Maiden compounds his scaling. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | Yorick out-scales hard: Maiden, the ghoul swarm and Dark Procession zoning overrun your duel and own the splitpush past two items. |
Yorick's level 1 is sleepy with no ranged poke on you, so just farm — but the second he starts raising ghouls from minion graves, every auto he throws comes backed by the swarm. At 2 take W: Leap Strike onto Yorick and Empower the landing hit for a sharp burst. At 3 your kit flips it hard — leap in, pop Counter Strike to dodge his autos AND the ghouls' autos, then recast to stun him through the pack. Punish before his E (Mourning Mist) marks you and pulls the whole swarm onto you.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Jax's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Jax 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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Nobody on paper — a 50.48% win rate over 2,415 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Jax vs Yorick is a genuine skill matchup: 50.48% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Jax vs Yorick win rate is 50.48%, an even lane decided by execution.
Jax takes Conqueror on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Yorick.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Trinity Force (the classic spike) first, then Sundered Sky, with Plated Steelcaps.
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