Yone vs Gangplank — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yone against Gangplank · 47.61% win rate over 4,274 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Gangplank is favoured — Gangplank owns 3 of the 7 game windows to Yone's 1. Play it patient and win your windows. Yone wins 47.61% of games vs Gangplank in top lane (4,274 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1GangplankGangplank-favoured: his Parrley poke and W cleanse deny your early sticking power.
Level 2GangplankGangplank-favoured: he chips you down and you can't reliably all-in him.
Level 3Even / skillSkill: dodging keg links with E is the deciding play in trades.
Levels 4-5Even / skillSkill: careful barrel-dodging holds even, but a landed combo swings it.
Level 6Even / skillSkill: his R6 barrel burst is dangerous, so spacing decides the window.
First itemGangplankGangplank-favoured: his Trinity spike makes primed keg combos spike hard.
Two+ itemsYoneYone-favoured: late E/R dive through his keg zone and shred his squishy build.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Gangplank wins levels 1-2 with Parrley poke and W denying your engage, so you farm carefully and don't walk into his barrel range while he chips your HP.

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The full Yone vs Gangplank 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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