How to win lane as Ornn against Yorick · 54.89% win rate (1,605 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
W-brittle through ghouls — E-knock him off Maiden.
Track: Yorick's W — Dark Procession (20–12s cooldown). Traps you for ghouls. Don’t get caged.
Read from Ornn's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yorick.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yorick | You are one of the weakest level-1 toplaners with no shield or combo, while Yorick's E-slow and ghouls let him poke you freely. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Still no shield until W, but he cannot fully commit either — both of you are just farming, so the window is even. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | W (Bellows Breath) gives you unstoppable percent-HP poke and a shield that out-trades his ghoul chip and blunts his E-cage all-in. |
| Levels 4-5 | Ornn | A second combo point lets you E-into-Q-pillar knock-up and W-Brittle punish, which his ghouls and Maiden cannot answer in a short trade. |
| Level 6 | Ornn | R's knock-up wins the all-in and kills him before Eulogy of the Isles brings the Maiden. |
| First item | Ornn | Your first tank/health item plus W-poke makes you a durable lane bully who out-trades his ghoul wall. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | Yorick out-scales: Maiden + ghouls and his E-cage take over the side lane, out-DPSing your single-target presence for the wave. |
Levels 1-2 are Yorick's window, not yours — you have no shield, no combo, and you are mana-starved, so eat the ghoul poke and his E-slow chip and just hit your last-hits. Do not walk up to trade into a ghoul wall while you still lack W. Once you hit Level 3 and pick up W (Bellows Breath), you stabilize hard: it is unstoppable, shields off his chip, and chunks him with percent-HP fire right through his ghouls.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Ornn's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Ornn 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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Ornn, slightly — a 54.89% win rate edge over 1,605 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Ornn has a small statistical edge (54.89% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Ornn has a slight edge (54.89% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Ornn 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 (forge-upgradeable) first, then Sunfire Aegis, with Plated Steelcaps.
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