How to win lane as Yorick against Akshan · 52.92% win rate over 1,149 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Akshan | Akshan wins level 1 — his Q out-ranges you and Dirty Fighting shield tanks your trade. |
| Level 2 | Akshan | Akshan holds level 2 with continued ranged Q poke while you can't retaliate. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 evens as your ghoul buffer and E slow let you contest farm. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 stay even with both trading cooldowns and holding CS. |
| Level 6 | Akshan | Akshan spikes at 6 — Comeuppance execute plus W roam pressure swings tempo. |
| First item | Even / skill | First-item window is even — your Cage all-in answers his lethality poke. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | Yorick wins 2+ items by out-1v1ing and out-splitting the squishy marksman. |
Akshan controls levels 1-2 — his Q Avengerang out-ranges your point-blank Last Rites and his passive shield eats your poke while he farms from safety. Soak XP with ghouls, don't chase his Q, and wait for level 3 to steady the lane.
The full Yorick vs Akshan 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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