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Gangplank

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

9.3%#88 of 173 champions

Pick: 2.4%picked in 423 of 17,953 games
Ban: 6.9%1,167 bans over 17,025 games, against 22.1% in soloQ

Win rate as Top52.2% between 48.0% and 56.4% over 381 gamesSoloQ 51.8%: no clear gap

Median length29.7 minsoloQ 26.8 min

Amateur: 18,182 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 337,103 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLength
How to play itDeathfire Touch, then Essence Reaver, The Collector, and Infinity Edge: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTeam damage first: more damage than 100% of top laners.Damage
With / againstBetter than expected against Caitlyn in amateur play: +20.6 pts over 34 games, range above zero.+20.6 pt34 games
In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
1.0%
SoloQ
3.3%
1.0% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 3.3% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
7.1%
SoloQ
22.1%
7.1% ban rate in amateur play over 11,141 games, against 22.1% in soloQ over 144,722 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.7 min
SoloQ
26.8 min
Median of 29.7 min in amateur play, against 26.8 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Deathfire Touch, then Essence Reaver, The Collector, and Infinity Edge: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesDeathfire Touch75% · 17,359

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite82% · 19,041

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 63 games

Core (3 legendaries)12% · 1,333

12%of soloQ games

Essence Reaver
The Collector
Infinity Edge

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Team damage first: more damage than 100% of top laners.

Team damagetop1%28% · top laners: 20%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners

What marks it

Damage

Like other top laners

Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels

What it is not

Carries its own kills
Little CC
No poke
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 88 in lane, 76 in mid game and 93 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

680+81 vs 599

934+67 vs 868

1,267+188 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Gangplanktop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 97% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

Where it stands among top laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 88 of 100 among top laners680 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 76 of 100 among top laners934 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 93 of 100 among top laners1,267 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 97 of 100 among top laners+594 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 97 of 100 among top laners+1,075 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 28 of 100 among top laners581 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 37 of 100 among top laners51% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 41 of 100 among top laners27% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 6 of 100 among top lanersrank 6 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 22 of 100 among top laners0.5 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 100 of 100 among top laners28% · median 20%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Caitlyn in amateur play: +20.6 pts over 34 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Caitlyn70.6% · expected 50.0% · 34 g+20.6 ptSoloQ -0.1

Jhin58.1% · expected 56.5% · 31 g+1.6 ptSoloQ -1.3

Supportgap to expected

Lulu59.5% · expected 54.5% · 37 g+5.0 ptSoloQ +1.2

With

Junglegap to expected

Vi66.7% · expected 52.6% · 30 g+14.1 ptSoloQ +3.7

Lee Sin52.6% · expected 50.9% · 38 g+1.8 ptSoloQ +0.4

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Caitlyn64.9% · expected 54.5% · 37 g+10.4 ptSoloQ -0.9

Jhin51.6% · expected 48.0% · 31 g+3.6 ptSoloQ -0.2

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus67.5% · expected 50.9% · 40 g+16.6 ptSoloQ +0.6

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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