How to win lane as Yorick against Aatrox · 52.1% win rate over 2,284 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| 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 | Aatrox | 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 — his Q1 sweetspot out-ranges your Last Rites and his passive heal wins the auto exchanges, so give up the early CS you can't safely grab and don't walk into his Q edge.
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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