Yorick vs Ryze — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yorick against Ryze · 56.11% win rate over 1,235 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Yorick is favoured — Yorick owns 3 of the 7 game windows to Ryze's 2. Yorick wins 56.11% of games vs Ryze in top lane (1,235 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1YorickRyze is immobile and mana-starved early, so your ghouls and E-mark out-trade him.
Level 2YorickYorick's cage all-in punishes Ryze's short root range before he stacks items.
Level 3Even / skillWith no combat ult, Ryze stays even-to-behind versus your swarm through level 6.
Levels 4-5Even / skillRyze's first mana item lets his root-chain contest your ghouls, leveling the lane.
Level 6RyzeRyze's stacked mana and range let him poke you down and out-scale this window, favoring him.
First itemYorickYorick out-trades a mana-limited Ryze one-on-one during the mid-game swarm phase.
Two+ itemsRyzeLate, Ryze's burst clears ghouls and his R roam out-paces your split, favoring him.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Ryze is immobile and mana-starved early, so your ghouls, Q, and E marks out-trade his weak root poke. Step up, cage, and swarm to snowball before he stacks items. This is a clear early advantage for you.

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The full Yorick vs Ryze 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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