How to win lane as Yorick against Graves · 51.33% win rate (4,009 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Bait his key tool — cage him with the swarm up and let the ghouls eat.
Track: Graves's E — Quickdraw (16–12s cooldown). His dash + armor stacks. Engage when it's down.
Read from Yorick's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Graves.
This is Yorick's own plan; across 4,009 pooled games the lane is leaning Yorick.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Graves | Graves out-trades level 1 with End of the Line and a 4-bullet shotgun 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 End of the Line is down to 9.5s and 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: End of the Line (Q) plus his shotgun autos out-trade you hard and clear ghouls faster than you stack them, so farm and never fight into a loaded gun.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yorick's side, sampled July 2026.
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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Yorick, slightly — a 51.33% win rate edge over 4,009 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Yorick has a small statistical edge (51.33% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Yorick has a slight edge (51.33% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Yorick takes Press the Attack on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Graves.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Trinity Force (the all-purpose spike) first, then Hullbreaker, with Plated Steelcaps.
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