Yone vs Warwick — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yone against Warwick · 49.02% win rate (2,032 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Warwick is slightly favoured — Yone wins 49.02% of 2,032 games, and Warwick pressures 5 of the 7 stage windows in the plan below. Play it patient and win your windows.

At a glance

His Q follows your dash and the sustain out-races you. Anti-heal early and don't commit to extended trades.

Track: Warwick's R — Infinite Duress (110–70s cooldown). His all-in suppress. Trade when it’s down.

Do

  • Anti-heal his Q sustain
  • Q3-W with shield up
  • E-reset his R all-in

Don't

  • Get R-suppressed
  • Fight without anti-heal
  • Brawl him low

Runes & build vs Warwick

Start
Doran's Blade + Health Potion
First back
Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing
First item
Blade of the Ruined King (mixed-damage spike)
Then
Infinity Edge
Boots
Plated Steelcaps
Runes
Lethal Tempo (Precision): Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand · Resolve: Bone Plating, Unflinching · Shards: Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Health

Favour timeline — the windows in Yone's game plan

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

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1WarwickWarwick's Jaws heal and Primal Howl shield dominate the level-1 trade.
Level 2WarwickLevel 2 is close — his Q heal is 8s, so trade in that gap.
Level 3WarwickLevel 3 Blood Hunt speed and Q healing make his trades near-unloseable.
Levels 4-5WarwickLevels 4-5 his sustain and shield continue to crush your exchanges.
Level 6WarwickLevel 6 Infinite Duress suppress guarantees his all-in kill combo on you.
First itemYoneAt first item your Botrk/crit spike flips the lane and out-DPSes his heal.
Two+ itemsYoneBy 2+ items Yone's mobility and knock-up kite his single-target R and burst him.

How to beat Warwick as Yone: the early game

Warwick owns levels 1-5 completely: Jaws of the Beast (Q) heals him off your health every trade, Primal Howl (E) shields his counterattack, and Blood Hunt (W) sprints him onto you once you're low. Do not try to win exchanges — farm at range, stay above his Blood Hunt threshold, and just survive to your item spike.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Yone in top lane

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

Hardest

Easiest

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Yone vs Warwick 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 Yone vs Warwick in top lane?

Warwick, slightly — Yone wins 49.02% of 2,032 games; winnable with the right plan.

Is Yone vs Warwick a skill matchup?

Mostly — Warwick has a small statistical edge (50.98% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.

Does Yone counter Warwick?

No — if anything Warwick has the slight edge (Yone wins 49.02%), though it stays close.

What runes does Yone take vs Warwick?

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

What should Yone build vs Warwick?

Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Blade of the Ruined King (mixed-damage spike) first, then Infinity Edge, with Plated Steelcaps.

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