How to win lane as Yorick against Galio · 53.28% win rate over 1,721 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yorick | Level 1 favours Yorick against a weak-early Galio you out-trade behind minions. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 is even as Galio pokes Q while you soak and set up. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is even until your W-cage is reliably online. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yorick | Levels 4-5 favour Yorick because W-cage plus E-slow gives free Q procs. |
| Level 6 | Yorick | Level 6 favours Yorick as ghouls and Maiden out-shove while his R only roams. |
| First item | Yorick | First item favours Yorick, whose Sunderer ghoul all-ins beat his tank-mage stats. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | Two-plus items favour Yorick, whose Maiden split army Galio can't 1v1. |
Level 1 is yours — Galio is a weak early laner who wants to poke with Q Winds of War and stall to scale, and you can walk up behind minions, E Mourning Mist, and Q him before his shield sustain matters. Deny him free Q pokes and keep the wave moving so he can't farm comfortably. Your early ghoul pressure and auto damage simply out-trade his level-1 kit.
The full Yorick vs Galio 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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