Gangplank·Bot Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Gangplank Bot build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Arcane Comet as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, as well as Second Wind and Unflinching in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Trinity Force as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and The Collector. For your last 3 items, you should build Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards and finish with Immortal Shieldbow. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 44.1% winrate over 204 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Gangplank Bot build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Demolish, Bone Plating and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Trinity Force, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and The Collector as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards and Immortal Shieldbow. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 45.7% win rate over 138 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being First Strike as your keystone, Cash Back, Triple Tonic and Cosmic Insight in the primary tree, and Legend: Haste with Cut Down in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Trinity Force as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and The Collector as a third item. You want to finish the build with Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards and Immortal Shieldbow. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 48.1% win rate across 79 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Gangplank Bot build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch as your primary rune tree, and Second Wind with Unflinching as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete The Collector as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Infinity Edge as third item. The last 3 options are Lord Dominik's Regards, Immortal Shieldbow and Trinity Force. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 47.4% win rate over 57 matches played.

Situational Gangplank Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Gangplank build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.