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 First Strike as your keystone, followed by Cash Back, Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight in the primary tree, as well as Absolute Focus and Gathering Storm in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling 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 Infinity Edge. For your last 3 items, you should build Navori Flickerblade, The Collector and finish with Lord Dominik's Regards. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 49.9% winrate over 942 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Gangplank Top build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are First Strike as your keystone, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Overgrowth 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 51.0% win rate over 775 matches.

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: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Overgrowth 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 Boots of Swiftness as a second item and Infinity Edge as a third item. You want to finish the build with Navori Flickerblade, The Collector and Lord Dominik's Regards. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 51.1% win rate across 270 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, Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating and Overgrowth as your primary rune tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Cosmic Insight as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Trinity Force as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and The Collector as third item. The last 3 options are Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards and Navori Flickerblade. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 53.2% win rate over 203 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.