Darius vs Yorick in Top lane is a skill matchup on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: His cage boxes you in for a trade — respect its range and bait it out. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · TOPDARIUSthe Hand of Noxus

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPYORICKShepherd of Souls

VS

Skill matchupPre-6 MediumPost-6 MediumTake Ghost

How to play it

✓ DO

Bait his cage

His cage (Dark Procession) traps you for a trade and is his main setup — respect its range.

Punish a whiffed W

If he misses his W on you, all-in — he can't run away without it.

Poke and short-trade

Poke with Q whenever he goes for minions and short-trade him often.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never fight him in the side lane unless you're already ahead of him.

Runes

PRECISION

SORCERYuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

GHOST

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 53% WR - 812 games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
		E							E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→E→W

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