Urgot vs Yone — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Urgot against Yone · 52.92% win rate (1,680 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Urgot is slightly favoured — 52.92% win rate over 1,680 games, and Urgot's game plan below claims 6 of the 7 stage windows.

At a glance

He dashes onto you — save E to flip his E return, poke him down.

Track: Yone's E — Soul Unbound (22–10s cooldown). He snaps back when it ends. Flip him there.

Do

  • Poke with shotgun knees + Q
  • Save E to flip his engage
  • W-shred when his E is down

Don't

  • Get hit by his Q3
  • Get dived without E
  • Fight during his E burst

Runes & build vs Yone

Start
Doran's Blade + Health Potion
First back
Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing
First item
Black Cleaver (shred + the leg tempo)
Then
Sterak's Gage
Boots
Plated Steelcaps
Runes
Press the Attack (Precision): Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand · Resolve: Bone Plating, Unflinching · Shards: Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Health

Favour timeline — the windows in Urgot's game plan

Read from Urgot's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yone.

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1UrgotYou out-range Yone's walk-up at level 1 and the shell slow wins the first trade.
Level 2UrgotLevel 2 W lets you shred him while he lacks the tools to answer, keeping you ahead.
Level 3UrgotAt 3 the Q-slow punishes every Q3 attempt, so tempo is yours.
Levels 4-5UrgotThrough 4-5 his E Soul Unbound can't fully escape your W drain, so you stay favoured.
Level 6UrgotLevel 6 your flip-execute out-trades his Fate Sealed all-in.
First itemYoneFirst item Yone spikes hardest — Shieldbow plus E-recall lets him dive and escape the counter.
Two+ itemsUrgotTwo-plus items your durability and R execute pull the extended duel back to you.

How to beat Yone as Urgot: the early game

Levels 1-2 you win the walk-up: Q outranges his auto-poke and the shell slow punishes any Q3 attempt. Zone him off caster minions and make him respect your E charge.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Urgot in top lane

Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Urgot's side, sampled July 2026.

Hardest

Easiest

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The full Urgot vs Yone 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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Common questions

Who wins Urgot vs Yone in top lane?

Urgot, slightly — a 52.92% win rate edge over 1,680 games; execution can flip it.

Is Urgot vs Yone a skill matchup?

Mostly — Urgot has a small statistical edge (52.92% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.

Does Urgot counter Yone?

Not a hard counter — Urgot has a slight edge (52.92% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.

What runes does Urgot take vs Yone?

Urgot takes Press the Attack on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Yone.

What should Urgot build vs Yone?

Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Black Cleaver (shred + the leg tempo) first, then Sterak's Gage, with Plated Steelcaps.

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