Yorick vs Ornn — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yorick against Ornn · 51.11% win rate over 1,309 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Yorick is favoured — Yorick owns 3 of the 7 game windows to Ornn's 2. Yorick wins 51.11% of games vs Ornn in top lane (1,309 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1YorickLevel 1 is yours as E and an auto beat Ornn before his brittle exists.
Level 2Even / skillLevel 2 is even while he builds toward his level-4 power spike.
Level 3Even / skillLevel 3 stays skill-based just before his W brittle combo comes online.
Levels 4-5OrnnLevel 4 favors Ornn: W Bellows Breath brittle knock-up punishes trades.
Level 6YorickAt 6 your R and Maiden let you shove him off farm, tilting it to you.
First itemYorickWith first item and Maiden you deny his CS and forge tempo.
Two+ itemsOrnnWith 2+ items Ornn out-scales and out-tanks you in the 1v1.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Level 1 is yours: E Mourning Mist plus an auto out-trades Ornn before his W and brittle combo exist, so poke him and set up the wave.

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The full Yorick vs Ornn 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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