How to win lane as Yorick against Poppy · 51.12% win rate (849 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Dodge her E wall-pin — swarm her low damage.
Track: Poppy's E — Heroic Charge (14–10s cooldown). Wall-pin stun. Dodge it.
Read from Yorick's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Poppy.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is yours as E and an auto beat Poppy before her combo exists. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 is even while she builds toward her level-4 spike. |
| Level 3 | Poppy | Level 3 stays skill-based just before her W-E stun combo comes online. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Level 4 favors Poppy: E Heroic Charge wall-stun into Q bursts you. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At 6 your R and Maiden overpower her in an extended fight. |
| First item | Even / skill | With first item and Maiden you shove her in and win trades. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | With 2+ items you out-splitpush the peel tank who can't answer Maiden. |
Level 1 is yours: E Mourning Mist plus an auto out-trades Poppy before her W and E combo exists, so poke and take the early edge.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yorick's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Yorick vs Poppy 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 51.12% win rate edge over 849 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Yorick has a small statistical edge (51.12% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Yorick has a slight edge (51.12% 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 Poppy.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Trinity Force (the all-purpose spike) first, then Hullbreaker, with Plated Steelcaps.
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