How to win lane as Sylas against Yorick · 49.05% win rate (3,264 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Long-fight specialist vs long-fight specialist — your W heal and a stolen R win it if you dodge Dark Procession (Cage).
Track: Yorick's W — Dark Procession (20–12s cooldown). The cage traps you with the ghoul swarm — sidestep or break it instantly.
Read from Sylas's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yorick.
This is Sylas's own plan; across 3,264 pooled games the lane is leaning Yorick.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Yorick spawns a ghoul off any minion kill at level 1 — stepping in to trade hands him free chip damage before you can Q or W back. Stay at Q cast range and last-hit cleanly. |
| Level 2 | Sylas | E Abduct comes online and you can hook him the instant Mourning Mist E is on cooldown — one hook leads into W Kingslayer for a short trade that hurts him more than the ghoul chip hurts you. |
| Level 3 | Sylas | Full kit with chain-Passive autos and W sustain lets you bully his melee pattern; his ghouls deal chip, your W heals it back in any trade that goes more than two seconds. |
| Levels 4-5 | Sylas | Kingslayer heals off Yorick himself and E1 dashes clear of the cage — force trades whenever Dark Procession is down, and that is 20 seconds at rank 1. |
| Level 6 | Sylas | Stealing Eulogy of the Isles removes his primary dueling tool and gives you the Maiden and ghouls to fight for you — this is the biggest tempo swing of the entire game; all-in immediately. |
| First item | Sylas | Riftmaker omnivamp stacks through every ghoul auto and Maiden hit, meaning his sustained-damage style refills your HP faster than it depletes it — keep forcing fights. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | Full-item Yorick with Maiden's independent push and percent-health damage outduels you in a straight 1v1 — rotate to teamfights where his cage is less threatening and you can still use his stolen R. |
At level 1 you only have Q or W and Yorick's Shepherd of Souls passive lets him raise Mist Walkers off graves — don't step into swarm range or you take free chip damage with no reliable trade back. Farm from max Q range and accept that he shoves early. The moment you hit level 2 and E is available, look for a hook the instant Mourning Mist is on cooldown — 12 seconds at rank 1 — because if you Abduct before the mist marks you, W Kingslayer fires before any ghoul reaches you.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Sylas's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Sylas 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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Yorick, slightly — Sylas wins 49.05% of 3,264 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Yorick has a small statistical edge (50.95% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Yorick has the slight edge (Sylas wins 49.05%), though it stays close.
Sylas takes Conqueror on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Second Wind and Unflinching) vs Yorick.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Oblivion Orb (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Riftmaker first, then Zhonya's Hourglass, with Plated Steelcaps.
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