Gangplank with Yorick
How to Synergize Gangplank and Yorick
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Gangplank Yorick Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Yorick
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Yorick
Try placing Cannon Barrage on the path of escape to cut off fleeing enemies.
Parrrley applies On Hit effects like Frozen Mallet or Black Cleaver.
Paying attention to low-health enemies on the map can land you a surprise kill with Cannon Barrage.
Advice to Understand How Yorick Will Play
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.
Gangplank Yorick Synergy Stats
How to Play with Yorick as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Yorick synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Yorick, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Gangplank sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Yorick. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Yorick helps Gangplank perform poorer in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gangplank plays on the same team as Yorick, he observes a noticable drop in his full damage output. This may demonstrate that Yorick does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played together with Yorick on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Yorick.
Moreover, when Gangplank plays with Yorick on the same team, he usually takes less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Yorick does a decent job of protecting Gangplank during teamfights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Yorick
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Yorick?
There is no top ally for Gangplank that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. Yet, Yorick is a superb companion for Gangplank. By playing on the same team as Gangplank, he raises their win rate by 3.2% to 51.8%. This proves that there is a strong bond between Gangplank and Yorick that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Yorick has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be careful when arranging Yorick teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Playing together, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Combined, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by bringing Gangplank and Yorick together, you will not be giving your other teammates a great deal of crowd control. Plan to bring other champs on your team that offsets this relative disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of your Yorick ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Gangplank to work well with Yorick during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to master a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to prioritize in your Gangplank and Yorick synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Essence Reaver, and Navori Quickblades. When Gangplank used at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Yorick than with many other typical builds. In fact, Gangplank had an average winrate of 51.8% when playing alongside Yorick with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating your oponents, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Gangplank and Yorick pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.8% win rate overall.
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