How to win lane as Yorick against Aatrox · 52.1% win rate (2,284 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Swarm him with ghouls — cage his dashes and anti-heal his R.
Track: Aatrox's R — World Ender (120–80s cooldown). His drain spike. Anti-heal and swarm him.
Read from Yorick's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Aatrox.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Aatrox | Aatrox wins level 1 — his empowered auto and Q1 range beat your point-blank Last Rites trade. |
| Level 2 | Yorick | Aatrox stays ahead at level 2 with a second Q and passive healing out-sustaining your poke. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 evens out once your E-slow into Q trade pattern comes online. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 stay even as both champs trade with cooldowns and CS is contested. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 is a skill wash — Maiden versus World Ender both swing extended fights. |
| First item | Yorick | You favour the first-item spike: Cage plus bruiser item grinds through his Q sustain. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | Yorick dominates 2+ items by out-splitting and 1v1ing with Maiden and ghouls. |
Aatrox out-trades you at levels 1-2 — The Darkin Blade's outer edge out-ranges Last Rites and Deathbringer Stance heals the exchange back. His Q is 14s at rank 1: step in only after the third swing whiffs.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yorick's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Yorick vs Aatrox 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 — a 52.1% win rate edge over 2,284 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Yorick has a small statistical edge (52.1% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Yorick has a slight edge (52.1% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Yorick takes Press the Attack on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Aatrox.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Trinity Force (the all-purpose spike) first, then Hullbreaker, with Plated Steelcaps.
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