How to win lane as Gangplank against Yone · 52.39% win rate (4,274 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Barrel-poke his combo — Q-cleanse, kite his E burst.
Track: Yone's E — Soul Unbound (22–10s cooldown). He snaps back when it ends. Poke there.
Read from Gangplank's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yone.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | He is even at level 1 and no bully, and Remove Scurvy cleanses his Q3 dash-knockup or R if he commits early. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Both of you are scaling here — trade with Parrrley and keep your low-HP kegs from being free-hit and denied. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | His Q3-into-W cleave is his cleanest all-in before your kegs are up, but cleansing the knockup with W keeps it a coinflip, not a loss. |
| Levels 4-5 | Gangplank | Your second Parrrley rank and keg charge bring poke online — make him walk through the keg explosion to farm. |
| Level 6 | Gangplank | Cannon Barrage adds zoning past 6 and cuts his E-rewind or R re-engage angle, tipping skirmishes to you. |
| First item | Gangplank | Your Sheen keg spike makes a chained detonation outburst his W shield and E-rewind health — force the all-in on your timing. |
| Two+ items | Gangplank | Chained kegs and global Cannon Barrage outscale his two-item duelist spike from a range his Q3 dash cannot answer. |
Yone is even here, not a hard bully, and you hold the one tool that wrecks his combo: Remove Scurvy hard-cleanses CC, so when he Q3-dashes in (or ults with Fate Sealed) for the knockup-into-W cleave, you wash it off and he is left in melee range with nothing while his E body-rewind ticks down. The danger is your kegs early — they have long cooldowns and low HP, so never place a Powder Keg where he can free-hit it to deny you, and do not E into auto range to plant one while his Q is charged. Last-hit on the tip of Parrrley, concede a little CS since you have no waveclear yet, and know he cannot snowball this lane.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Gangplank's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Gangplank vs Yone report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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Gangplank, slightly — a 52.39% win rate edge over 4,274 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Gangplank has a small statistical edge (52.39% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Gangplank has a slight edge (52.39% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Gangplank takes Grasp of the Undying on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Yone.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Trinity Force (Sheen + barrel slow) first, then Infinity Edge, with Plated Steelcaps.
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