How to win lane as Yorick against Illaoi · 54.49% win rate over 1,114 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | 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 | Even / skill | 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 | Even / skill | 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 | Yorick | 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 — it's a farm race where the only thing that matters is dodging Test of Spirit (E); eat no tentacle slams, use ghouls to soak them, and trade only when her tentacles are down.
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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