How to win lane as Yorick against Vayne · 54.19% win rate (2,054 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
She kites your swarm — cage her, all-in early.
Track: Vayne's E — Condemn (20–12s cooldown). Wall-stun. Cage her so she can’t kite.
Read from Yorick's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Vayne.
This is Yorick's own plan; across 2,054 pooled games the lane is leaning Yorick.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Vayne | Vayne's Tumble (Q) resets and true-damage Silver Bolts (W) win level 1. |
| Level 2 | Vayne | At 2 her range and kiting keep her freely poking you down. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 evens as your Mourning Mist (E) mark and cage let you pin her. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 stay even with W cage timing offsetting her Tumble spacing. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At 6 skill holds only if you dodge Final Hour (R) invisibility kiting. |
| First item | Vayne | First item swings back to Vayne as BotRK and true damage melt you. |
| Two+ items | Vayne | Late, Vayne out-scales into a hypercarry that shreds your bruiser HP. |
Vayne owns levels 1-2: her Tumble (Q) auto-resets and Silver Bolts (W) true damage punish any all-in, and her range means she pokes you freely as you last-hit. Farm with Q Last Rites, soak her poke on ghouls from Shepherd of Souls, and don't chase her past the Tumble reset.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yorick's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Yorick vs Vayne 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 54.19% win rate edge over 2,054 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Yorick has a small statistical edge (54.19% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Yorick has a slight edge (54.19% 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 (Second Wind and Bone Plating) vs Vayne.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs her poke) and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Trinity Force (the all-purpose spike) first, then Hullbreaker, with Plated Steelcaps.
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