How to win lane as Malphite against Yorick · 51.52% win rate over 1,023 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yorick | Yorick's E mist-cage marks you and his ghouls swarm — that DPS eats your Granite Shield before you have any trade button to answer. |
| Level 2 | Yorick | At Level 2 his ghoul-and-Maiden autos through the E cage out-damage anything you can do; you have no W/E yet to fight back. |
| Level 3 | Yorick | Most of his ghoul kit is online and you still lack Thunderclap and Ground Slam, so he owns the Level-3 trade outright. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Your W armor and Ground Slam's attack-speed slow come online and let you tank the swarm — farm evens out to a skill matchup. |
| Level 6 | Malphite | Unstoppable Force is your spike: flash-R or wall-R him while his E cage is down and Maiden is shoved away for a real all-in. |
| First item | Malphite | An armor item plus empowered Thunderclap autos and Ground Slam let you out-trade his ghouls and Maiden on the wave. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | Yorick out-scales you: Maiden plus the E-cage zones you off the wave and he wins the side-lane splitpush a tank can't answer. |
Yorick owns the opening. His E throws a mist-marked cage that slows and lets his ghouls swarm you — that ghoul DPS chews through your Granite Shield before it can refresh, and you have no trade pattern at Levels 1-3 to answer it. Don't try to fight the ghouls; last-hit at max range, use Q's slow and movement-steal to reposition out of the E cage, and never get walked into his W-wall against your tower. Accept the chip and farm — you cannot win a Level-2 brawl into a marked Maiden swing.
The full Malphite 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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