Yorick vs Zac — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yorick against Zac · 50.11% win rate over 870 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Yorick is favoured — Yorick owns 4 of the 7 game windows. Yorick wins 50.11% of games vs Zac in top lane (870 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1YorickLevel 1 favours you — you out-trade a low-damage early Zac with Q sustain.
Level 2Even / skillLevel 2 is even as Zac gains his Q pull and blob sustain to stabilise.
Level 3Even / skillLevel 3 stays skill-based; neither has a clean all-in yet.
Levels 4-5YorickLevel 4 is yours — W cage on his E engage plus Maiden out-DPS him.
Level 6YorickLevel 6 favours you because his R is a fight tool, useless in a lane 1v1.
First itemYorickFirst item is yours as Maiden's sustained pressure beats his blob heal.
Two+ itemsEven / skillTwo-plus items even out — Zac shifts to roaming and teamfight engage.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Level 1-2 favour you — Zac is low-damage early and you out-trade with Q sustain and E poke. Watch his Q pull but punish him every time he steps up for a minion.

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The full Yorick vs Zac 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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