What do you mean by "Does a good
row help"? What's a "row" in this context? Is that you trying to type EPQ but being out by one key for each letter? York say
here that, "We recognise the value of this qualification although it will not be included as a condition of entry. It may be taken into consideration when you receive your results." Leeds say nothing similar.
York's typical offer for LLB (Hons) Law is AAA, whilst Leeds' typical offer is A*AA. Are those your offer requirements too? According to the data published by UCAS (
here for York and
here for Leeds), the most common grades held by accepted students accepted to both universities in recent years have been AAA. So clearly Leeds have, in the recent past, accepted enough students who haven't met their typical offer*, that AAA has become the most common grade profile (in fact Leeds have accepted 76% of firm offer holders who achieved AAA - but note that some of these may have been contextual candidates and so had lower offer requirements anyway).
* Just to caveat the above a little, for 2021 entry Leeds were asking for AAA. It's only from 2022 entry onwards that Leeds have started to request A*AA. So some of the data UCAS have published (which covers 2019-2023) will be from when AAA was the typical requirement anyway.