Yorick vs Poppy — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yorick against Poppy · 51.12% win rate over 849 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Yorick is favoured — Yorick owns 4 of the 7 game windows to Poppy's 1. Yorick wins 51.12% of games vs Poppy in top lane (849 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1YorickLevel 1 is yours as E and an auto beat Poppy before her combo exists.
Level 2Even / skillLevel 2 is even while she builds toward her level-4 spike.
Level 3Even / skillLevel 3 stays skill-based just before her W-E stun combo comes online.
Levels 4-5PoppyLevel 4 favors Poppy: E Heroic Charge wall-stun into Q bursts you.
Level 6YorickAt 6 your R and Maiden overpower her in an extended fight.
First itemYorickWith first item and Maiden you shove her in and win trades.
Two+ itemsYorickWith 2+ items you out-splitpush the peel tank who can't answer Maiden.

Early game (levels 1–5)

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.

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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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