Yorick vs Malphite — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yorick against Malphite · 53.35% win rate over 1,777 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Yorick is favoured — Yorick owns 4 of the 7 game windows to Malphite's 1. Yorick wins 53.35% of games vs Malphite in top lane (1,777 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1YorickYou win Level 1 as your Q reset trade and heal beat his weak Q-slow poke.
Level 2Even / skillLevel 2 is skill as his passive-shield E gives him one even trade window.
Level 3Even / skillLevel 3 stays even before your ghoul swarm fully comes online.
Levels 4-5YorickAt 4-5 your ghouls and sustain overwhelm his low-mana poke in extended trades.
Level 6YorickYour Level 6 Maiden overwhelms him since his R is engage, not a duel button.
First itemYorickFirst item favours you as Tiamat plus ghouls shove and dive his tiny mana pool.
Two+ itemsMalphiteLate full-tank Malphite's R teamfight engage out-values your split, tilting to him.

Early game (levels 1–5)

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.

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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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