How to win lane as Yorick against Zaahen · 49.19% win rate (1,177 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
New-champ respect — build graves, bait his cooldown, then swarm.
Track: Zaahen's R — Grim Deliverance (110–80s cooldown). His big cooldown. Swarm when it’s down.
Read from Yorick's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Zaahen.
This is Yorick's own plan; across 1,177 pooled games the lane is leaning Zaahen.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even - both of you farm with no ghoul pressure banked yet. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 is even as you still lack the full ghoul-and-cage kit. |
| Level 3 | Yorick | You take level 3 - E mist into cage plus the ghoul swarm shreds him and heals you. |
| Levels 4-5 | Zaahen | Levels 4-5 favour him once he cleaves your ghouls and out-sustains your single-target Q. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 is even - his R answers your Maiden all-in if he holds it. |
| First item | Yorick | First item is yours as Maiden plus ghouls win the duel. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | Two items in your split-push and ghoul-backed dueling keep you ahead. |
Levels 1-2 are quiet - no ghoul pressure is banked yet and his combo is incomplete, so farm and seed graves. Level 3 is your first strike window: E Mourning Mist's mark sends the swarm leaping onto him, W Dark Procession traps him with them, and Q Last Rites heals you through his answer.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yorick's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Yorick vs Zaahen 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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Zaahen, slightly — Yorick wins 49.19% of 1,177 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Zaahen has a small statistical edge (50.81% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Zaahen has the slight edge (Yorick wins 49.19%), 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 Zaahen.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Trinity Force (the all-purpose spike) first, then Hullbreaker, with Plated Steelcaps.
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