How to win lane as Yorick against Malphite · 53.35% win rate (1,777 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
His armor blunts your bite — buy armor pen, swarm him.
Track: Malphite's R — Unstoppable Force (130–100s cooldown). Saved for fights. Lane is fine without it.
Read from Yorick's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Malphite.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yorick | You win Level 1 as your Q reset trade and heal beat his weak Q-slow poke. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 is skill as his passive-shield E gives him one even trade window. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 stays even before your ghoul swarm fully comes online. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yorick | At 4-5 your ghouls and sustain overwhelm his low-mana poke in extended trades. |
| Level 6 | Yorick | Your Level 6 Maiden overwhelms him since his R is engage, not a duel button. |
| First item | Yorick | First item favours you as Tiamat plus ghouls shove and dive his tiny mana pool. |
| Two+ items | Malphite | Late full-tank Malphite's R teamfight engage out-values your split, tilting to him. |
You control the early levels: your Q reset healing out-sustains his weak Q-poke and low mana, so trade freely and stack a lead.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yorick's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Yorick vs Malphite 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 53.35% win rate edge over 1,777 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Yorick has a small statistical edge (53.35% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Yorick has a slight edge (53.35% 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 Malphite.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Trinity Force (the all-purpose spike) first, then Hullbreaker, with Mercury's Treads.
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