Yorick vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Yorick
based on 1,232 Yorick vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Yorick vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Gangplank
You do not need to cast Awakening to regain the ability to cast Last Rites.
You can send the Maiden down a lane alone, be careful though, as she represents a large portion of your combat power.
The Maiden will attempt to assist you in a fight, so choose your targets well.
Advice to Win Against Gangplank
Parrrley deals a high amount of physical damage. Items that grant Armor can help if an enemy Gangplank is doing well.
Once Gangplank reaches level 6, watch out for his global-range ultimate, Cannon Barrage!
Yorick vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Yorick in LoL
The stats provided here feature several significant Yorick vs. Gangplank counter statistics that can help you interpret the differences between the pair. For instance, Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gangplank’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Gangplank..
Yorick often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Gangplank. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yorick and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Yorick or Gangplank?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Yorick usually wins when taking on Gangplank, with a 52.8% win rate. Thus, Yorick makes a good counter to Gangplank.
While Yorick does have a higher winrate compared to Gangplank, when facing one another, Yorick also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Yorick into Gangplank.
Furthermore, Yorick has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gangplank. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Gangplank matchups, Yorick is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Yorick is a good counter for Gangplank. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yorick against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yorick to counter Gangplank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Gangplank. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Yorick versus Gangplank build consist of Spear of Shojin, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Yorick combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Gangplank than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Yorick boasted an average winrate of 52.8% when playing against Gangplank with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Gangplank as Yorick, Yorick players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Demolish runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Yorick vs Gangplank counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.8% winrate overall.
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