How to win lane as Yorick against Jax · 49.52% win rate over 2,415 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Jax | Jax's level-1 Leap Strike burst out-trades your slow melee autos before you have tools. |
| Level 2 | Jax | Jax's Empower + Q combo at level 2 continues to punish your weak early autos. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | By level 3 your Mourning Mist slow lets you kite his all-in, evening the trade. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Ghouls and early Maiden let you contest the wave, keeping levels 4-5 even on skill. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Both ult at 6, so the fight comes down to positioning and cooldowns rather than a clear edge. |
| First item | Jax | Jax's first item (BorK/Triforce) plus Grandmaster's Might outscales your single-item duel damage. |
| Two+ items | Jax | Jax's fully-stacked ult resists shred your ghoul damage in extended 1v1s. |
Jax owns levels 1-2: his Leap Strike + Empower combo out-trades your clunky melee autos before you have ghouls or Maiden, so last-hit safely and don't walk into Q range at low HP.
The full Yorick vs Jax 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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