How to win lane as Gangplank against Yorick · 49.45% win rate (2,366 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Barrel-clear ghouls — poke him off Maiden.
Track: Yorick's W — Dark Procession (20–12s cooldown). Traps you for ghouls. Don’t get caged.
Read from Gangplank's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yorick.
This is Gangplank's own plan; across 2,366 pooled games the lane is even.
| 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.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Gangplank's side, sampled July 2026.
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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Nobody on paper — a 49.45% win rate over 2,366 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Gangplank vs Yorick is a genuine skill matchup: 49.45% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Gangplank vs Yorick win rate is 49.45%, an even lane decided by execution.
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 Yorick.
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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