How to win lane as Yorick against Nautilus · 52.61% win rate over 4,123 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yorick | Level 1 is yours because E and an auto beat Nautilus before his shield exists. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 is even as he gets his kit online and you can't commit a kill. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 stays skill-based before his big level-4 spike. |
| Levels 4-5 | Nautilus | Level 4 favors Nautilus: W shield plus Q-passive-Q chain CC lets him burst you. |
| Level 6 | Yorick | At 6 your R and Maiden overpower his shielded all-in, flipping it to you. |
| First item | Yorick | With your first item and Maiden you shove and win trades he can't sustain. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | With 2+ items you out-scale and out-splitpush the falling-off tank. |
Level 1 favors you: E Mourning Mist plus an auto out-trades Nautilus before his W Titan's Wrath shield is available, so poke him early.
The full Yorick vs Nautilus 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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