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Community rank
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Where players rank Gangplank on the community tier list. One vote per account.
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Classic loadouts
Builds for Gangplank
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Abilities
P
Grog-Soaked Blade
Gangplank's attacks apply a poison that deals magic damage per second, increasing with level.
Q
Parrrley
Gangplank takes aim and shoots an enemy unit with his pistol. If Parrrley deals a killing blow, he gains extra gold and half the mana cost is refunded.
W
Remove Scurvy
Consumes a large quantity of citrus fruit which clears any crowd control effects on him and heals him for 80 / 150 / 220 / 290 / 360 health. (+100% AP)
+100% AP
E
Raise Morale
Passive: Gangplank gains 8 / 10 / 12 / 14 / 16 Attack Damage and 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7% Movement Speed. Active: Gangplank fires his pistol into the air, disabling his passive boost and gaining 12 / 19 / 26 / 33 / 40 Attack Damage and 8 / 11 / 14 / 17 / 20% Movement Speed for 7 seconds. Nearby allied champions' gain (half of the bonuses) 6 / 9.5 / 13 / 16.5 / 20 Attack Damage and 4 / 5.5 / 7 / 8.5 / 10% Movement Speed for 7 seconds.
R
Cannon Barrage
Ultimate
Signals Gangplank's ship to fire upon an area for 7 seconds, Slowing enemies in the area by 25% for the duration. Cannonballs rain upon the area, each causing 75 / 120 / 165 magic damage. (+20% AP)
+20% AP
How Gangplank plays
Editorial Reading of the kit above, not a sourced claim - the numbers inside it were checked against the client before publishing.
Parrrley is the heart of Gangplank's old-school lane bully kit, a simple pistol shot that refunds mana and gives bonus gold whenever it lands a kill, which makes last hitting under pressure and finishing off low health enemies unusually rewarding. Grog-Soaked Blade turns every auto into extra poison damage over time, so trades favor him even when they look even on paper. Remove Scurvy is his real trump card in an extended lane, clearing any crowd control on him while healing a solid chunk of health, which means hard engage often just doesn't work against him. Raise Morale gives him a passive edge in stats and an active burst for the whole team when he needs it. Cannon Barrage rains cannonballs over a wide zone, slowing and damaging anyone caught in it, good for split push defense or just denying an area during a siege. He's a slow, melee-range fighter without much mobility, so kiting or hard engage both give him trouble.
Counters & matchups
Strong against
Weak against
Plays well with
Remove Scurvy answers the slow-and-poke top laners; hard early duelists beat him before Raise Morale matters.
"In lane" means both champions are played in the same role in Classic; "across the map" represents cross-lane dynamics (e.g. jungler ganks, roaming supports). All matchups evaluated strictly within the 63 Classic launch champions.
What Gangplank's kit scales with
Read from Gangplank's ability text.
Resource
ManaMana and mana regen apply
Range
Melee125 units
Ability ratios
W
Remove Scurvy
R
Cannon Barrage
Skins · 7
Catalog and art read directly from the client files (build 18848366a9cb) - exactly the skins the client lists for Gangplank, including the Classic throwback skins with their era models. © Riot Games.
Modern vs Classic · 12 tracked changes
Gangplank
Base Health
630
576
Health per level
114
81
Base Mana
280
255
Base Attack Damage
64
57
Base Armor
31
23.8
Armor per level
4.7
3.3
Base Magic Resist
32
31.25
Magic Resist per level
2.05
1.25
Base Attack Speed
0.658
0.651
Attack Speed per level
3.2%
2.75%
Passive name
Trial by Fire
Grog-Soaked Blade
E name
Powder Keg
Raise Morale
Classic: the Classic client's files · Today: patch 16.14.1.