How to win lane as Yorick against Warwick · 49.14% win rate over 1,164 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Warwick | Warwick's Jaws (Q) sustain heals through your level 1 trades. |
| Level 2 | Warwick | At 2 his Blood Hunt chase and Q healing keep him ahead. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 evens out as you shove and space his engage. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 stay even until your ghoul DPS starts to out-scale his sustain. |
| Level 6 | Yorick | At 5/6 Yorick out-DPSes him with ghouls and can pre-cage his R. |
| First item | Yorick | First item plus Maiden and grievous wounds bury his single-target healing. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | Late, Yorick's split and ghoul swarm win the sidelane outright. |
Warwick wins levels 1-2: his Jaws of the Beast (Q) heals him through your trades, his Blood Hunt passive speeds him at you when you drop low, and his sustain simply out-lasts your early Q Last Rites pokes. Farm patiently, soak damage on ghouls from Shepherd of Souls, and don't dip low enough to trigger his Blood Hunt chase.
The full Yorick vs Warwick 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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