How to win lane as Yorick against Illaoi · 54.49% win rate (1,114 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Dodge her E — swarm her with ghouls outside her tentacles.
Track: Illaoi's E — Test of Spirit (16–12s cooldown). Dodging this is the whole matchup.
Read from Yorick's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Illaoi.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yorick | Level 1 is an even, careful start decided entirely by dodging her E. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | At level 2 it stays skill-based as both of you just farm and trade tentacle timings. |
| Level 3 | Illaoi | By level 3 it's still even so long as you avoid Test of Spirit. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 remain a skill farm race with no clean kill for either side. |
| Level 6 | Yorick | At level 6 you tip ahead — Maiden and ghouls tank slams and out-DPS her, and your wall cuts tentacles. |
| First item | Yorick | With first item your ghoul-and-Maiden sustain beats her healing in extended trades. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | In the 2+ item stage you out-split her one-on-one, giving you the side lane. |
The early lane is a careful skill matchup — a farm race decided by dodging Test of Spirit (E) at 900 range. Harsh Lesson is her 4s leap and an auto reset, so the wind-up is your cue to step off, not the cast; soak the slams with ghouls.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yorick's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Yorick vs Illaoi 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 54.49% win rate edge over 1,114 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Yorick has a small statistical edge (54.49% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Yorick has a slight edge (54.49% 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 Illaoi.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts her healing. Build Trinity Force (the all-purpose spike) first, then Hullbreaker, with Plated Steelcaps.
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