Yorick vs Irelia TOP Matchup Guide

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Yorick into Ireliamedium

Overview

Beware Irelia's all-in when she has passive stacks and minion waves for resets.
Respect stun and slow zone as commit tools that can lock you down.
Avoid fighting without graves or Maiden and after missing to reduce vulnerability.

Avoid trading before graves and ghouls are ready to reduce risk against Irelia's early all-in.
Use to mark Irelia and send ghouls only when graves are prepared.
Hold wave near your tower early to deny Irelia easy resets on low-health minions.

Level 6: Summon Maiden to increase side-lane threat and force Irelia to respond.
Prepared graves plus mark create strong pressure windows to punish Irelia.
Respect Irelia's level 2 + combo and level 6 engage for safer play.

Keep graves and Maiden alive to pressure side lanes and force Irelia to answer tower damage.
Deny Irelia minion reset paths and punish missed stuns to limit her all-in windows.
Trap Irelia with when she overextends without resets to convert trades into tower damage.

Tactical tip

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Updated Jul 4, 2026