By GamGem ResearchLast updated 20 Aug 2026 · 00:00
Gangplank
the Saltwater Scourge
Fighter
League of LegendsPatch 26.16TopRanked Solo/DuoEmerald+NA24,592 gamesSample data
Role snapshot (Top)
- 54.0%
- Win Rate
- 4.8%
- Pick Rate
- 6.9%
- Ban Rate
24,592
Games
Moderate
Confidence
Matchup map (Top) — level 1–18
Conditional build matrix
| vs AP Burst | vs AD Assassins | vs Tanks | vs Sustain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mythic / Core |   |   |   |   |
| Core 2 |   |   |  |   |
| Core 3 |   |   |   |  |
| Boots |  |  | |  |
| Situational |   |  |  |  |
Popular build
11,312 games54.4%Win Rate
Flash
IgniteReliable build
8,115 games53.1%Win Rate
Flash
TeleportHigh observed win rate
2,951 games56.5%Win Rate
Flash
ExhaustRunes
Primary: Domination
Electrocute
Taste of Blood
Grisly Mementos
Relentless Hunter
Secondary: Inspiration
Magical Footwear
Time Warp Tonic
Shards
+9 Adaptive Force
+9 Adaptive Force
+10-180 Health (based on level)
Skill order
| Q | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| R | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
Ability details
Trial by Fire
Every few seconds, Gangplank's melee strike will set his opponent on fire.
Passive — never cast
Parrrley
Shoots target, plundering Gold for each enemy unit killed.
Cost 50/45/40/35/30 ManaCooldown 4.5sRange 625
Remove Scurvy
Eats citrus to cure crowd control effects and restore Health.
Cost 60/70/80/90/100 ManaCooldown 22/20/18/16/14sRange 400
Powder Keg
Gangplank uncovers a powder keg at target location. If he attacks it, it explodes, spreading the attack's damage to enemies in the area, slowing them.
Cost 0 ManaCooldown 0sRange 1000
Cannon Barrage
Gangplank signals his ship to bombard an area, slowing and damaging enemies.
Cost 100 ManaCooldown 160/140/120sRange 30000
Scaling — level 1–18
GangplankTop average
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Counter plan — how to beat Gangplank
Avoid extended fights — its sustain grows with every trade it survives
Punish the cooldown — Gangplank is exposed while its rotation is down
Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one
Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 9/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average
Trade on your terms — take the fight where its damage lands on nobody
ARAM performance
- 50.5%
- Win Rate ▲ 0.3%
- 9.4%
- Pick Rate ▼ 1.1%
- 3.7%
- Ban Rate ▲ 0.1%
- Damage dealt
- 105.2%
- Damage taken
- 100.8%
- Healing
- 106.0%
- Shielding
- 93.5%
- Ability Haste
- +2
Best ARAM build
Patch timeline
We hold the rates, not the balance log. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.
- 26.16Live now+0.8
- 26.14Sample win rate across this patch+0.4
- 26.11Sample win rate across this patch-0.5
- 26.08Sample win rate across this patch+0.8
- 26.05Sample win rate across this patch-0.4
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Methodology
- Data window
- 512,340 games on patch 26.16, Ranked Solo/Duo, NA. Last refreshed 20 Aug 2026.
- Rank aggregation
- Emerald+ and above, pooled. Splitting further leaves samples too small to separate a real effect from noise.
- Role assignment
- A champion is filed under the lanes it actually plays, not the one class it belongs to — which is why several appear in two.
- Counters
- A matchup, not a tier gap: how this champion does into that one specifically, over that pairing’s own games.
- Minimum sample
- The confidence indicator beside every rate is driven by how much of the window this champion appears in. A low reading means read the figure loosely, not that it is wrong.
- Why a build is not a cause
- The best-scoring build is the one the best-placed players happened to take. Correlation is what a rate can show; it is not evidence that buying those items caused the wins.
- Where the numbers come from
- Names, classes, lanes, abilities, items and runes are Riot Data Dragon. Win, pick and ban rates are derived samples — Riot publishes none of them, and nothing on this page presents one as measured.