How to win lane as Yorick against Graves · 51.33% win rate over 4,009 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Graves | Graves out-trades you at level 1 with Buckshot and his double-AA passive before ghouls matter. |
| Level 2 | Graves | At level 2 his Q shred and autos keep chunking you faster than your ghouls stack. |
| Level 3 | Graves | By level 3 Buckshot's cooldown is low enough that he still controls every trade. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 are roughly even as your wall and ghoul count finally let you punish whiffs. |
| Level 6 | Graves | At level 6 his Quickdraw dash escapes your wall and re-bursts, tilting it back to Graves. |
| First item | Even / skill | With first item his Q shred and armor stacks win extended fights over your ghouls. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | In the 2+ item stage your ghoul-and-Maiden grind finally beats his burst, giving you the side lane. |
Graves dominates levels 1-3: Buckshot (Q) plus his two-round autos out-trade you hard and clear your ghouls faster than you can stack them, so just farm and never fight into full cooldowns.
The full Yorick vs Graves 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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