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Yorick vs Olaf

How often does Yorick beat Olaf in Top?

Yorick into Olaf in Top: 48% observed win rate across 409 ranked games.

Global ranked sample: games from every region and every rank pooled together, not one server's stats. Data runs through patch 26.12; curves updated 2026-08-07.

By 15 minutes the median game has Yorick behind by 255 gold.

Yorick at 15:00

Typical gap to Olaf, from 408 games that reached 15:00.

Does Yorick counter Olaf?

No counter here: Yorick sits at 48% over 409 games. The swing lives in the spots below, so play the side you know better and chase the row that moves the number the most in this lane, then hold that lead through the first back.

Beating Olaf: the Yorick game plan

A gold lead at 10:00 puts Yorick at 57% across 183 games. Flip the lead and Yorick falls to 40% across 226.

The spotWin rateGames
Ahead in gold at 10:0057%183
Behind in gold at 10:0040%226
First blood56%172
+kills at 10:0058%153
+CS at 10:0056%172
0 deaths at 10:0067%90
0 deaths at 15:0071%48

Someone usually dies here around 4:26 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 5:31. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.

Yorick's Top build, with receipts

Into Olaf specifically, Yorick finishes Trinity Force first most often: 48.5% over 134 games of this matchup.

The most-finished Yorick core is Trinity Force, Spear of Shojin, Serylda's Grudge: 55.8% across 1,616 games when all three got done. All matchups, patches 26.1-26.12.

Most games start Doran's Shield + Health Potion; the first finished item is usually Trinity Force (15,576 games).

Skill plan: Yorick players max Q first and take Q at level 1.

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