How to win lane as Vladimir against Yorick · 46.69% win rate (1,906 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
His ghouls swarm you — Q-poke him off Maiden.
Track: Yorick's W — Dark Procession (20–12s cooldown). Traps you for ghouls. Pool/escape it.
Read from Vladimir's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yorick.
This is Vladimir's own plan; across 1,906 pooled games the lane is leaning Yorick.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even as your ranged Q trades with his early ghoul poke. |
| Level 2 | Vladimir | Level 2 favours you: you can chunk Yorick before Maiden is online. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is a skill lane as his ghosts start contesting your poke. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 stay even while both scale, neither committing cleanly. |
| Level 6 | Yorick | Level 5 into 6 tilts Yorick as full Maiden uptime lets him grind and cage you. |
| First item | Vladimir | At first item Hemoplague lets you clear his pets and out-sustain, favouring you. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | With two-plus items your AoE teamfight scaling beats his single-target split threat. |
Level 1-2 is close: your ranged Transfusion answers his early poke, and at Level 2 you can chunk him before Maiden comes online, so trade while he only has ghouls.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Vladimir's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Vladimir 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 — Vladimir wins 46.69% of 1,906 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Yorick has a small statistical edge (53.31% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Yorick has the slight edge (Vladimir wins 46.69%), though it stays close.
Vladimir takes Phase Rush on the Sorcery tree with Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Yorick.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Oblivion Orb (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Riftmaker (drain scaling) first, then Zhonya's Hourglass, with Sorcerer's Shoes.
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