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Gangplank ARAM Build 26.21

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With no side path to escape it, Gangplank turns the bridge into a killzone, chaining Powder Keg barrels through the packed team for huge area damage and raining Cannon Barrage down on the choke where five enemies are forced to stand. Parrrley chips them in the poke war, and Remove Scurvy cleanses the crowd control the endless brawl throws at him.

#57 of 170 champions this patch · 180 games
Win rate51.7%+2.0Games180Pick rate5.5%Last 8 patches+2.0 since 26.14Damage profilei
AP
AD
AP 16%AD 69%True 15%
DifficultyiHighPunishes misplays
ClassicModernARAMCounter
ARAM BalanceDamage dealt+5%1 ability change ↓

Gangplank Item Build

Five enemies forced onto one choke with no room to scatter is the perfect target for a Powder Keg, so Gangplank's attack damage and crit exist to turn a single barrel into an area nuke. Every point of crit splashes across the whole group, upgrading his kegs from a chip tool into a blast the grouped team eats at once.

Standard loadout · Gangplank The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.
Starting items 1400g Long Sword×1Refillable Potion×1Sheen×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ››› Boots Ionian Boots of Lucidity81% · 51.0%Mercury's Treads19% · 50.0%
Situational items
vs stacked resistsbuy this gameWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.LLord Dominik's Regards8160.5%AAxiom Arc3053.3%HHubris1952.6%

Best Gangplank Runes

Dark Harvest fits how Gangplank grinds out the Abyss, chipping the packed enemy team with Parrrley over and over until the poke adds up to a kill. He never has to leave the fight, so the page is tuned to keep that ranged pressure flowing and his barrels charged. With no recall to reset the enemy health bars, every shot sticks.

The pre-game page Dark Harvest · Domination + Precision · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards
Domination Primary Dark HarvestDamaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. Cheap Shot72% · 49.2%Grisly Mementos76% · 48.2%Ultimate Hunter76% · 48.5% Keystone plus three minors from Domination, two from Precision, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.
Precision Secondary Coup de Grace42% · 42.1%Presence of Mind36% · 49.2%
Stat shards OffenseAdaptive Force+9 Adaptive ForceFlexAdaptive Force+9 Adaptive ForceDefenseHealth Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)
Shards give +18Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)
Your power spikes with Essence Reaver into The Collector, and from there every fight is a poke war he already owns. Parrrley chips the clumped enemy from range between engages, Powder Keg chains blow up a team with nowhere to scatter on the bridge, and Cannon Barrage rains on the whole choke from anywhere. Buy the damage that turns his barrels into a full-team detonation.

Gangplank Skill Order

Parrrley passively banks a Silver Serpent every second on the Abyss, so its ranks buy damage rather than income, and they are all spent by level 9. Remove Scurvy is the ability that funds it, held at one rank until 14.

Skill order · Gangplank R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always
PriorityRR›QQ›EE›WW›Max Q first; E at level 3.
Lv 123456789101112131415161718
Q14579max 9
W214151718max 18
E38101213max 13
R61116max 16
Level Q first, since Parrrley is his poke, his sustain damage, and the trigger that lights up a Powder Keg on a clumped team. Follow with E, then W. Keep the barrels seeded around the choke so the enemy is always standing next to a detonation, and drop Cannon Barrage across the pile to zone the whole bridge.

Gangplank ARAM Abilities

Health mid-fight comes from Remove Scurvy, which eats a lockdown and restores health in one bite. Trial by Fire quietly adds a burn to his melee strike every few seconds, chip damage running alongside the Parrrley gold everyone fixates on.

Abilities on the Abyss · Gangplankpatch 26.22 · Abyss-tuned numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown
Trial by FirePassivePParrrleyMax 1stQRemove ScurvyMax lastWPowder KegMax 2ndECannon BarrageUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.
ParrrleyPhysical damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamagevaries per rank+100% ADlv 11110lv 44240lv 57470lv 7105100lv 9137130Cost-5 per ranklv 150lv 445lv 540lv 735lv 930Constant at every rankCooldown4.5ssame at all ranks
Abyss changeloghow the Abyss re-balances Gangplank: entries touching the selected ability light upDamage dealt+5%champion tuningParrrleyNew Effect: Passively gains 1 Silver Serpent per second.

Gangplank Base Stats

Base stats · GangplankPatch 26.22
Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD64+4.2AS0.658+3.2%MS345Range125HP630+114HP56+0.6Armor31+4.7MR32+2.05MP280+60MP58+0.7
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