How to win lane as Yorick against Maokai · 49.78% win rate (683 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Dodge his W root — swarm his low-damage tank kit.
Track: Maokai's W — Twisted Advance (14–10s cooldown). His lock-on root. Dodge it.
Read from Yorick's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Maokai.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | You win Level 1 as your Q reset trade and heal out-sustain his sapling poke. |
| Level 2 | Maokai | Level 2 is skill: his W root gives him one even trade window. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 stays even before your ghoul swarm is fully online. |
| Levels 4-5 | Maokai | At 4-5 your ghouls and sustain overwhelm his low-mana poke in extended trades. |
| Level 6 | Maokai | Your Level 6 Maiden out-fights him since his R is a teamfight wave, not a duel. |
| First item | Maokai | First item favours you as Tiamat plus ghouls shove and dive his weak damage. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | Late full-tank Maokai's R and CC utility out-value your split, evening the 5v5. |
You win the early levels: your Q reset healing out-sustains his sapling poke and his mana empties fast, so trade freely and deny him.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yorick's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Yorick vs Maokai 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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Nobody on paper — a 49.78% win rate over 683 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Yorick vs Maokai is a genuine skill matchup: 49.78% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Yorick vs Maokai win rate is 49.78%, an even lane decided by execution.
Yorick takes Press the Attack on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Maokai.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Trinity Force (the all-purpose spike) first, then Hullbreaker, with Mercury's Treads.
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