How to win lane as Vayne against Yorick · 46.55% win rate over 782 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Vayne | You own level 1: Yorick has no burst and his ghouls are too slow to punish your spacing. |
| Level 2 | Vayne | At 2 your Q autos and Silver Bolts stacks out-trade his sluggish poke. |
| Level 3 | Vayne | Through 3 you kite past the Mist Walkers and win any trade when W is down. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Level 6 Maiden plus W-cage-into-E-slime is his one window to chunk you — an even skill check. |
| Level 6 | Vayne | After the 6 spike your Final Hour repositioning re-establishes control over the ghouls. |
| First item | Vayne | On your first item BORK lets you out-DPS him and clear ghouls with Silver Bolts. |
| Two+ items | Vayne | By 2+ items true damage and Condemn make the 1v1 unlosable for Vayne. |
Vayne is favoured from level 1 — Yorick has no burst and his ghouls are slow, so as long as you space the wave and keep Silver Bolts stacks ticking on him you win every short trade. His only real early tool is the W cage, but it's not up until 3 and telegraphs hard. Farm freely, punish his last-hits with Q autos, and don't stand in the ghoul pile.
The full Vayne 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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