Yorick vs Ambessa — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yorick against Ambessa · 53.61% win rate over 1,123 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Winnable despite the lane — Ambessa owns 5 of the 7 game windows, yet the win rate favours Yorick: survive their windows and the game is yours. Yorick wins 53.61% of games vs Ambessa in top lane (1,123 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1AmbessaAmbessa wins level 1 — Q range and W damage reduction beat your melee trade.
Level 2AmbessaAmbessa holds level 2 with dash pressure and continued poke you can't answer.
Level 3Even / skillLevel 3 evens as you can bait her mobility then E-mist Q for a real trade.
Levels 4-5AmbessaAmbessa retakes levels 4-5 with her full combo and CS control.
Level 6Even / skillLevel 6 is a skill wash but her Public Execution all-in is the bigger threat.
First itemAmbessaAmbessa favours the first-item spike — her bruiser mythic wins extended fights.
Two+ itemsAmbessaAmbessa stays ahead at 2+ items as the superior teamfight diver.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Ambessa runs the early lane — her Q range and W Repudiation damage-reduction window beat your point-blank trades, and her E dash lets her stay on top of you. Soak XP behind ghouls, respect her all-in threat, and give ground rather than feed a trade you'll lose.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Yorick vs Ambessa 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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