How to win lane as Yorick against Karma · 53.37% win rate over 2,908 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Karma | Karma's level-1 Inner Flame poke and W root out-range your melee before you have ghouls. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | By level 2 your ghouls and E slow balance her poke, making it skill-based. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Even trades continue at level 3 as her mana limits her poke spam. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 stay even — her shields answer your ghouls without a clear edge. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Karma gains only a Mantra charge at 6, no ult swing, keeping it skill-based. |
| First item | Yorick | Your Maiden and first item overwhelm her single-target shields for a Yorick all-in. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Late, her utility scaling and your split roughly balance into a skill matchup. |
Karma edges level 1: her Inner Flame (Q) out-ranges your melee autos and Focused Resolve (W) can root you for chip damage before you have ghouls to trade back.
The full Yorick vs Karma 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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