Gangplank Top build & stats
- Win rate
- 50.5%
- Pick rate
- 4.9%
- Ban rate
- 7.1%
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Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18
Finish these three
Boots
Runes
Sorcery +
Precision 
Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.
Sorcery
Precision
Summoner spells
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 50.5% of games as Top on patch 16.18 (1,312 games).
- Most common core: Infinity Edge → Lord Dominik's Regards → Essence Reaver — 60% win rate over 215 games.
- Take Deathfire Touch as keystone: picked in 75% of games with a 51% win rate.
- Best matchup: Heimerdinger (78% over 9 games). Hardest: Quinn (25% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
Items
Most common sets of three completed items
Core build
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 75.0% | 1% (8) | |
| 68.3% | 3% (41) | |
| 67.9% | 2% (28) | |
| 66.7% | 0% (6) | |
| 66.7% | 0% (3) | |
| 62.2% | 6% (74) | |
| 60.8% | 4% (51) | |
| 58.8% | 6% (85) | |
| 56.0% | 16% (216) | |
| 54.8% | 2% (31) | |
| 54.5% | 6% (77) | |
| 42.9% | 1% (7) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Sorcery +
Precision
Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.
Sorcery
Precision
Sorcery +
Precision
Sorcery +
Precision
Keystones
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Deathfire Touch
Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.
51.4%11% 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.
55.6%2% 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.
73.7%1% pick
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Grasp of the Undying
Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health.
78.6%1% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Ignite
53.8%13% pick
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Flash + Teleport
62.7%4% pick
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Exhaust + Flash
50.0%0% pick
Abilities & skill order
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PTrial by FireEvery few seconds, Gangplank's melee strike will set his opponent on fire.
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QParrrleyShoots target, plundering Gold for each enemy unit killed.
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WRemove ScurvyEats citrus to cure crowd control effects and restore Health.
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EPowder KegGangplank 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.