How to win lane as Yorick against Gangplank · 50.55% win rate (2,366 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Pop his barrels — swarm him early before he scales.
Track: Gangplank's E — Powder Keg. Pop barrels to deny poke + gold.
Read from Yorick's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Gangplank.
This is Yorick's own plan; across 2,366 pooled games the lane is even.
| 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.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yorick's side, sampled July 2026.
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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Nobody on paper — a 50.55% win rate over 2,366 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Yorick vs Gangplank is a genuine skill matchup: 50.55% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Yorick vs Gangplank win rate is 50.55%, an even lane decided by execution.
Yorick takes Press the Attack on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Second Wind and Bone Plating) vs Gangplank.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs his poke) and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Trinity Force (the all-purpose spike) first, then Hullbreaker, with Plated Steelcaps.
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