Gangplank Top build & stats
- Win rate
- 50.4%
- Pick rate
- 4.3%
- Ban rate
- 4.2%
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Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17
Start with
Build in this order
Boots
Runes
Sorcery +
Precision 
Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.
Sorcery
Precision
Summoner spells
Max order
Q
E
W
Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.
Tips for Gangplank
Generated from this patch's numbers
- Gangplank wins 50.4% of games as Top on patch 16.17 (1,793 games).
- Most common core: Essence Reaver → The Collector → Infinity Edge — 55% win rate over 29 games.
- Take Deathfire Touch as keystone: picked in 74% of games with a 50% win rate.
- Best matchup: Vladimir (77% over 13 games). Hardest: Urgot (33% over 30 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
Items
Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)
Core build
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 80.0% | 1% (10) | |
| 61.5% | 1% (26) | |
| 61.4% | 5% (88) | |
| 57.3% | 5% (89) | |
| 56.6% | 15% (267) | |
| 55.8% | 8% (138) | |
| 55.6% | 1% (18) | |
| 55.4% | 15% (260) | |
| 55.1% | 17% (296) | |
| 53.3% | 1% (15) | |
| 51.8% | 20% (357) | |
| 50.9% | 44% (795) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Sorcery +
Precision
Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.
Sorcery
Precision
Sorcery +
Resolve
Sorcery +
Precision
Keystones
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Deathfire Touch
Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.
51.3%32% pick
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Fleet Footwork
Attacking and moving builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack heals you and grants increased MS.
48.0%4% pick
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First Strike
When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt.
60.9%4% pick
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Stormraider's Surge
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
52.9%3% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Ignite
50.8%39% pick
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Flash + Teleport
50.4%7% pick
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Exhaust + Flash
42.9%0% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
Q
E
W
54.1%133 games
E
Q
W
50.0%4 games
Most common first three levels: E → Q → W (43%), E → Q → Q (57%), Q → E → Q (60%).
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PTrial by FireEvery few seconds, Gangplank's melee strike will set his opponent on fire.
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QParrrley
Shoots target, plundering Gold for each enemy unit killed.
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WRemove Scurvy
Eats citrus to cure crowd control effects and restore Health.
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EPowder 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.
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RCannon BarrageGangplank signals his ship to bombard an area, slowing and damaging enemies.