How to win lane as Rumble against Yorick · 48.08% win rate over 1,013 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Yorick has no Maiden and just one ghoul passive auto at level 1 — Flamespitter covers the melee range he needs to trade, so walk it across him for free chip. |
| Level 2 | Rumble | Your Q-into-double-E-slow comes online and lets you stick damage and disengage before his E cage can respond — your earliest real bully window. |
| Level 3 | Rumble | Full kit means sustained Danger-Zone Flamespitter plus two harpoon slows; he cannot walk through that cone cleanly without Maiden to tank it. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Maiden may be approaching and ghoul stacks are growing — Dark Procession caging you near his tower becomes lethal, so give ground rather than get caged and overheated. |
| Level 6 | Rumble | Equalizer fired across his Maiden's path clears ghouls, slows him, and denies the push from across the map — your biggest spike in this lane is cross-map, not 1v1. |
| First item | Even / skill | Liandry's Torment burn shreds ghouls and Yorick in one Flamespitter cone — force fights while he still lacks the items to regenerate his army faster than you kill it. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | Maiden plus full build Yorick outattritions everything you have; the 1v1 is lost, play Equalizer-focused macro and let your team answer the split. |
At level 1 Yorick's only real tool is his passive ghoul auto and the threat of his E cage — he has no Maiden yet, so walk Flamespitter across him freely and establish early damage. The moment you hit level 2 your Q-into-double-E-slow pattern lets you stick damage on him and back off before he can respond; this is the window you earn your lead. Respect Dark Procession (E) completely — if he cages you against your tower, the ghouls that follow will chew your health bar while you burn your Overheat silence standing still. Keep the wave near your side of the lane so Yorick overextends to stack his Shepherd passive, then punish each step forward with Flamespitter and a harpoon slow.
The full Rumble 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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