Yorick vs Ziggs — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yorick against Ziggs · 49.7% win rate over 998 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Ziggs is favoured — Ziggs owns 5 of the 7 game windows. Play it patient and win your windows. Yorick wins 49.7% of games vs Ziggs in top lane (998 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1ZiggsLevel 1 favours Ziggs — his Q out-ranges you and mines zone your walk-up.
Level 2ZiggsLevel 2 stays his as W plus Q chunk you off every last-hit attempt.
Level 3Even / skillLevel 3 is even — with ghouls and E you can farm through the poke.
Levels 4-5ZiggsLevels 4-5 favour Ziggs; Satchel denies your all-in while he shoves and pokes.
Level 6Even / skillLevel 6 is even — Maiden helps hold the wave and soak his R and poke.
First itemZiggsFirst item is Ziggs' as Liandry's/Luden's ramps poke and waveclear you can't match.
Two+ itemsZiggsTwo-plus items stay his in the poke war, leaving you only the split to punish his immobility.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Levels 1-2 are Ziggs' — his Q out-ranges you and W mines zone your approach and your ghouls. Don't try to trade into the poke; last-hit carefully with ghoul help and accept you'll take some chip.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Yorick vs Ziggs 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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