How to win lane as Gangplank against Yorick · 58.01% win rate over 1,017 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Both of you are weak at level 1 — your barrels have long cooldowns he can free-hit to deny, and his ghoul gives him easy last-hits, so neither side wins the short trade. |
| Level 2 | Gangplank | Your level-2 Parrrley-into-keg poke chips him as he steps up, and with no dash he can't dodge the detonation slow to retaliate. |
| Level 3 | Gangplank | Keg poke plus Parrrley's gold refund lets you out-econ him while his single-target ghoul trades can't punish you back. |
| Levels 4-5 | Gangplank | Your barrel chains zone him off the wave he needs to shove for Maiden, starving his whole scaling plan. |
| Level 6 | Gangplank | Cannon Barrage clears his Maiden/ghoul push and zones his all-in — your global R neutralizes the only lane threat he has. |
| First item | Gangplank | Your Sheen keg-chain spike bursts him through his ghouls before Maiden can swarm you — force the all-in in this window. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | He out-scales you: a 2-item Maiden plus ghoul wave and his Dark Procession ring out-splitpush and trap you, so group and don't duel his side lane. |
Level 1 is a coin flip — your barrels have long cooldowns and low HP he can free-hit to deny, and his ghoul summons give him cheap last-hits, so just farm with the tip of Parrrley and don't hand him a free keg. From level 2 it tilts your way: every time he steps up to CS behind a ghoul, hit Q into a placed keg and chip him, because he has no dash to slip the detonation slow. Respect his Mourning Mist (E) — it slows you and commands his ghouls to leap on you, so don't stand on a keg where he can E you and pile the swarm on. Dodge the mark and his short trades have no real follow-up; the W ring (Dark Procession) is what he wants to trap you in for the kill, so never get walled onto your own keg.
The full Gangplank vs Yorick 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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