Yorick vs Illaoi TOP Matchup Guide

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Yorick into Illaoimedium

Overview

Use prepared graves and to mark Illaoi and pressure her with ghouls and Maiden.
Manage wave to prevent Illaoi from establishing tentacles and forcing fights inside her zone.
This is a scaling splitpush matchup; focus on side-lane tower pressure over early all-ins.

Prepare graves, land to mark Illaoi, then send ghouls and trap her with when she is immobile.
Avoid trades when ghouls are not ready or misses to maintain threat.
Punish Illaoi's melee commits inside your graves and Maiden's zone, especially if she lacks tentacles nearby.

Beware landing near her tentacles, enabling heavy punishment in trades.
Illaoi is dangerous with multiple tentacles and ready; avoid fighting in those zones without strong setup.
Yorick is vulnerable when Maiden is dead or graves are not prepared, reducing pressure and duel power.

Set graves before engaging trades to maximize ghouls' damage and healing from .
Avoid fighting without graves or Maiden active to limit Illaoi's medium early pressure.
Use to mark Illaoi when near graves and punish her if she walks into your setup.

Level 6 summons Maiden with ; protect her to force Illaoi into defensive play.
Prepared ghouls plus mark create strong pressure forcing Illaoi to clear or lose wave control.
Respect Illaoi's level 6 spike; avoid fights inside her tentacle zones without Maiden.

Consistently prepare graves, land , and use Maiden to pressure towers and force Illaoi responses.
Trap Illaoi with when she is immobile or forced into your ghouls to punish her limited mobility.
Deny Illaoi safe tentacle setups by pushing waves with Maiden and ghouls, forcing her to clear and weakening her zone control.

Tactical tip

For Yorick vs Illaoi, read overview, trading pattern, and danger windows first for a fast Top lane check.