How to win lane as Yorick against Wukong · 49.1% win rate (2,177 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Don’t waste E on the clone — swarm the real body when his E is down.
Track: Wukong's E — Nimbus Strike (10–7s cooldown). His escape. Cage it when it’s down.
Read from Yorick's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Wukong.
This is Yorick's own plan; across 2,177 pooled games the lane is leaning Wukong.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yorick | Level 1 favours you — Q Last Rites sustain out-trades Wukong before he has his clone. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 is even as Wukong gains a point but still lacks his all-in tools. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 stays skill-based; his combo isn't online and your poke matches his. |
| Levels 4-5 | Wukong | Level 4 is Wukong's spike — W clone plus Q armour-shred lets him all-in before your ghoul wall. |
| Level 6 | Yorick | Level 6 swings to you — Maiden plus a pre-placed W cage lets you tank Cyclone and out-damage him. |
| First item | Yorick | First item favours you as Maiden's sustained pressure beats his bruiser burst. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | Two-plus items are yours — split-push with ghouls and Maiden overpowers a single-target duelist. |
Levels 1-2 are yours — you out-trade with Q Last Rites healing and Wukong has no clone yet, so poke him whenever he steps for a minion. Respect his Q armour-shred but he can't commit hard this early.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yorick's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Yorick vs Wukong 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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Wukong, slightly — Yorick wins 49.1% of 2,177 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Wukong has a small statistical edge (50.9% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Wukong has the slight edge (Yorick wins 49.1%), though it stays close.
Yorick takes Press the Attack on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Wukong.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Trinity Force (the all-purpose spike) first, then Hullbreaker, with Plated Steelcaps.
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