How to win lane as Yorick against Gangplank · 50.55% win rate over 2,366 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yorick | Level 1 favours Yorick against a gold-starved GP you out-trade with autos and ghouls. |
| Level 2 | Yorick | Level 2 favours Yorick as W and E let you punish his Parrrley last-hits. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is even as his barrels begin to matter and your all-in is still strong. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 are even — trades balance between his barrels and your ghoul pressure. |
| Level 6 | Yorick | Level 6 favours Yorick as Maiden and ghouls let you all-in before barrel chains scale. |
| First item | Yorick | First item favours Yorick, who can still burst him through barrels with a cage. |
| Two+ items | Gangplank | Two-plus items favour Gangplank, whose crit barrels and global R out-scale your split. |
Levels 1-2 favour you — Gangplank is gold-starved early and relies on Q Parrrley for last-hits, so you walk up, E Mourning Mist, and out-trade him with autos and ghouls before his barrels chain. Punish every Q he uses on a minion by stepping in. Don't let him free-farm into his item spikes; the earlier you make this lane miserable, the better, because time is entirely on his side.
The full Yorick 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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