How to win lane as Yorick against Yasuo · 51.33% win rate (2,751 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
The ledger leans you ~53%: ghouls feed his dashes but chunk him every wave, the cage forces windwall early, and Maiden out-DPSes his sustain. Never fight his item spike with ghouls down.
Track: Yasuo's W — Wind Wall (25–17s cooldown). Blocks your E (Mourning Mist). Bait it.
Read from Yorick's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yasuo.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yorick | Level 1 is yours — Wind Wall can't stop ghouls or Maiden and his shield is bypassed. |
| Level 2 | Yorick | Level 2 stays yours as your Q and E poke chunk him with no counterplay. |
| Level 3 | Yorick | Level 3 favours you — W cage plus ghouls trap him and force E charges. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yorick | Levels 4-5 remain yours with E slow denying his kiting through trades. |
| Level 6 | Yorick | Level 6 is yours if you sidestep the Q3 whirlwind that feeds Last Breath. |
| First item | Yorick | First item still favours you as ghouls ignore his shield and freezes hold. |
| Two+ items | Yasuo | Two-plus items go to Yasuo — full crit and teamfight flanks finally out-scale you. |
Levels 1-2 are firmly yours — Yasuo's Wind Wall does nothing to your ghouls or Maiden, and his flow shield gets bypassed by pet damage. Poke him with Q and E every time he goes for a minion.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yorick's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Yorick vs Yasuo 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 51.33% win rate edge over 2,751 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Yorick has a small statistical edge (51.33% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Yorick has a slight edge (51.33% 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 (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Yasuo.
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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