- Win Rate
- 50.4%
- Pick Rate
- 2.7%
- Ban Rate
- 12.5%
Yorick vs Malzahar
- Patch
- 26.19
- Games
- 5,412
- Lane
- All Lanes
- Tier
- All Tiers
- Last Updated
- Oct 9, 2026 UTC
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
Yorick vs Malzahar is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.19. Malzahar wins with a 65.2% win rate (+30.4%) over Yorick based on 23 games. Malzahar holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Yorick build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Yorick vs Malzahar matchup.
Yorick Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Yorick performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who wins Yorick vs Malzahar?
Yorick wins 39.4% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 24.7% and 56.3% (95% range).
- Expected
- 49.6% From both champions' overall Top win rates
- Matchup effect
- −10.2 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 33 games Lane: Top
- vs patch 26.18
- — Not enough games on both patches
Lane: Top · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.19 · Sep 24 – Sep 28
They also met in another lane (Mid): 9 games, Yorick won 33.3%.
Key takeaways
- Current data slightly favors Malzahar, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Yorick wins 39.4% of 33 games (95% range 24.7–56.3%).
- Both champions' overall Top win rates predict 49.6% for Yorick; the result is within the margin of error of that, so this matchup mostly reflects the two champions' general strength.
- Neither side reliably wins the lane: the average gold difference at 15 minutes is 366, within the margin of error (33 games).
- Yorick players pick Mercury's Treads far more often against Malzahar: 25.4% of their other Top games, 69.7% here.
How we calculate this
Games: ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North America server from the patch shown. Remakes (games under 5 minutes) are excluded.
A game only counts when Yorick and Malzahar played the same position on opposite teams, so roaming, lane swaps within a team or a champion merely being in the same game never count as this matchup.
The 95% range is a Wilson score interval. Confidence comes from how wide that range is: within ±3 points is very high, ±5 high, ±8 moderate, anything wider low. Below 20 games a matchup is not classified at all.
Expected win rate combines both champions’ win rates in this lane (same games and filters) with the log5 formula: E = A(1−B) / (A(1−B) + B(1−A)). Matchup effect = observed − expected.
"What changes" compares Yorick's choices in this matchup with the same champion's other games in the same lane, and lists a change only when it is at least 3 points and statistically significant (two-proportion z-test, |z| ≥ 2, 20+ games).
Results are not split by rank: the sample per rank is too small for honest per-rank matchup numbers.
Yorick vs Malzahar Laning Stats
At 15 minutes
Whole-game averages
Yorick vs Malzahar Win Rate by Game Length
Yorick's win rate against Malzahar by game length. The dot is the win rate, the bar its 95% range and the dashed line the champion's usual win rate at that length. Lengths with fewer than 25 games are left blank.
No game length stands out: Yorick's results against Malzahar in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Yorick vs Malzahar Power Spikes
Who is ahead at each stage, measured from these games. A stage reads "Even" when the difference is inside the margin of error, and "Insufficient data" when there are too few games to tell.
- Lane (15 min)EvenYorick gold at 15: +366
- First itemInsufficient data
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
- 30+ min gamesInsufficient data
What Yorick Changes Against Malzahar
Choices Yorick players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Top games.
Mercury's TreadsBootsUsually25.4%vs Malzahar69.7%+44.3 pts39.1% WR here
Plated SteelcapsBootsUsually52.0%vs Malzahar9.1%−42.9 pts
Bone PlatingRuneUsually67.9%vs Malzahar48.5%−19.4 pts
Magical FootwearRuneUsually11.6%vs Malzahar30.3%+18.7 pts
Black CleaverItemUsually33.3%vs Malzahar15.2%−18.2 pts
InspirationSecondary treeUsually16.1%vs Malzahar33.3%+17.2 pts
Usually3.9%vs Malzahar18.2%+14.2 pts
Adaptive Force (offense)Stat shardUsually9.7%vs Malzahar21.2%+11.5 pts
Best Yorick Build vs Malzahar
Usual Yorick build (Top)
66.3% win rate · 95 games
Against Malzahar
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 2 of 18 Yorick games against Malzahar carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Yorick's standard build instead.
- Skill priority: Q > E > W — the same as usual.
Builds are ranked by the lower edge of their win rate range, not the raw win rate, so a build seen in a handful of wins never outranks a proven one.
Best Yorick Runes vs Malzahar
Usual Yorick runes (Top)
Deathfire Touch
76.5% win rate · 17 games
Against Malzahar
Too few games for a matchup-specific rune page yet — use the usual page.
Plan your Yorick draft in Draft Lab
Draft Lab lays out both teams lane by lane with live matchup win rates, damage profiles and game-phase lean, and suggests picks and bans from current meta data.
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- Pick and ban suggestions
Yorick matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.19. The table below shows Yorick's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Yorick build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Other Yorick Matchups
Hardest for Yorick
Easiest for Yorick
Win rate and games for each matchup. Lists are ranked by the edge of the 95% range so small samples cannot top them; matchups with at least 50 games only.
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Yorick vs Malzahar FAQ - Patch 26.19
Who wins Yorick vs Malzahar?
Current data slightly favors Malzahar, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Yorick wins 39.4% of 33 games (95% range 24.7–56.3%).
What is Yorick's win rate against Malzahar?
Yorick wins 39.4% of 33 Top games against Malzahar on patch 26.19 (95% range 24.7–56.3%). Based on both champions' overall Top win rates, 49.6% would be expected.
Does Yorick counter Malzahar?
Not clearly. Yorick wins 39.4% of 33 games against Malzahar, and the 95% range (24.7–56.3%) includes 50%, so neither champion reliably counters the other on current data.
Who wins lane, Yorick or Malzahar?
Neither side reliably wins the lane: the average gold difference at 15 minutes is 366, within the margin of error (33 games).
Does Yorick outscale Malzahar?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Malzahar strongest against Yorick?
On current data there is no stage of the game where Malzahar is ahead of Yorick beyond the margin of error.
What should Yorick build against Malzahar?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Yorick's usual Top core: Spear of Shojin, Trinity Force, Black Cleaver. The biggest change against Malzahar: Mercury's Treads (25.4% usually, 69.7% here).
What runes should Yorick use against Malzahar?
Use Yorick's usual Deathfire Touch page (Sorcery + Inspiration); there are too few games for a matchup-specific page. The biggest change against Malzahar: Bone Plating (67.9% usually, 48.5% here).