Yorick vs Jayce — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yorick against Jayce · 54.97% win rate over 3,140 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Winnable despite the lane — Jayce owns 5 of the 7 game windows, yet the win rate favours Yorick: survive their windows and the game is yours. Yorick wins 54.97% of games vs Jayce in top lane (3,140 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1JayceJayce's level-1 Ranged Shock Blast out-ranges you and pokes freely.
Level 2JayceLevel-2 Acceleration Gate boosts his Q poke, keeping you off the wave.
Level 3Even / skillOn his Q cooldown windows your ghouls and Maiden even the wave state.
Levels 4-5JayceJayce's form-swap poke chunks you every time you approach at level 4-5.
Level 6Even / skillWith no ult swing at 6, the fight stays skill-based around his cooldowns.
First itemJayceFirst-item Jayce out-pokes your single item and controls the lane.
Two+ itemsJayceJayce's ranged poke keeps you from ever closing to threaten him with items up.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Jayce dominates levels 1-2: his Ranged Shock Blast (Q) through Acceleration Gate (E) pokes you every time you step up for a last-hit, and you have no way to answer at that range.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Yorick vs Jayce 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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