Gangplank·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Gangplank Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, followed by Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth in the primary tree, as well as Scorch and Transcendence in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed 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 52.1% winrate over 12 684 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Fleet Footwork as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste and Cut Down in the primary tree, and Transcendence with Scorch 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 53.1% win rate across 1 637 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Gangplank Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch as your primary rune tree, and Bone Plating with Overgrowth as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Trinity Force as your first item, then finish Boots of Swiftness as your second item, and The Collector as third item. The last 3 options are Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards and Immortal Shieldbow. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 53.6% win rate over 989 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.