# Gangplank Counters Who counters Gangplank? Best and worst picks against Gangplank by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Gangplank in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/gangplank/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/gangplank/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Gangplank](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gangplank/) ## Page Content [Gangplank guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gangplank/) [Play against Gangplank](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gangplank/how-to-play-against/) [Gangplank counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gangplank/counters/) Best and worst picks against Gangplank in Top at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Tahm Kench, Dr. Mundo and Kayle beat Gangplank most often. Irelia, Yorick and Aatrox win the laning phase against Gangplank by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Gangplank Highest win rate versus Gangplank in Top. - 1 [Tahm Kench](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tahmkench/) 372 games 58.3% - 2 [Dr. Mundo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/drmundo/) 479 games 56.0% - 3 [Kayle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayle/) 360 games 55.6% - 4 [Sion](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sion/) 527 games 54.8% - 5 [Zac](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zac/) 201 games 54.2% - 6 [Gnar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gnar/) 465 games 54.2% - 7 [Quinn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/quinn/) 205 games 54.1% - 8 [Sett](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sett/) 957 games 53.5% - 9 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 975 games 53.1% - 10 [Trundle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/trundle/) 313 games 53.0% - 11 [Camille](https://baronbuff.com/champions/camille/) 548 games 52.5% - 12 [Urgot](https://baronbuff.com/champions/urgot/) 396 games 52.3% - 13 [Ornn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ornn/) 450 games 52.0% - 14 [Garen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/garen/) 907 games 51.8% - 15 [Vayne](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vayne/) 153 games 51.6% ## Worst picks against Gangplank Lowest win rate versus Gangplank in Top. - 1 [Heimerdinger](https://baronbuff.com/champions/heimerdinger/) 228 games 39.5% - 2 [Jayce](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jayce/) 187 games 40.1% - 3 [Poppy](https://baronbuff.com/champions/poppy/) 108 games 40.7% - 4 [Varus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/varus/) 165 games 41.2% - 5 [Ambessa](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ambessa/) 439 games 42.1% - 6 [Darius](https://baronbuff.com/champions/darius/) 983 games 45.2% - 7 [Singed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/singed/) 356 games 45.2% - 8 [Wukong](https://baronbuff.com/champions/wukong/) 152 games 46.0% - 9 [Riven](https://baronbuff.com/champions/riven/) 390 games 46.4% - 10 [Gragas](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gragas/) 286 games 47.5% - 11 [Udyr](https://baronbuff.com/champions/udyr/) 100 games 48.0% - 12 [K'Sante](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ksante/) 488 games 48.2% - 13 [Kled](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kled/) 342 games 48.2% - 14 [Yorick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yorick/) 578 games 48.3% - 15 [Renekton](https://baronbuff.com/champions/renekton/) 694 games 48.9% ## Best lane counters vs Gangplank Largest gold lead over Gangplank at 15 minutes in Top. - 1 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 169 games +683 - 2 [Yorick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yorick/) 216 games +188 - 3 [Aatrox](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aatrox/) 180 games +181 - 4 [Mordekaiser](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mordekaiser/) 240 games +165 - 5 [Tryndamere](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tryndamere/) 177 games +43 - 6 [Illaoi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/illaoi/) 124 games +15 ## How to play against Gangplank Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Contest barrels early when you can reach them safely, then trade while his setup is gone. - Punish W cooldown before committing heavy CC or an execute, because it can erase your best setup. - Deny barrel chains around river before objectives; walk in from angles where he cannot hide the first barrel. - Force him to clear side waves before grouping so his R cannot join a fight while he farms freely. - Spread before objective fights so one barrel chain cannot hit your whole team. ## Where Gangplank is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Gangplank's threat depends on barrel setups; when enemies contest space first, his damage becomes delayed and unreliable. - His cleanse does not fix poor positioning, so direct engage still punishes him after barrels are denied. ## Gangplank counters: questions ### Who counters Gangplank in Top? At Gold+, Tahm Kench (58.3%), Dr. Mundo (56.0%) and Kayle (55.6%) have the highest win rates against Gangplank. ### Who does Gangplank counter? Gangplank wins most often against Heimerdinger (39.5%), Jayce (40.1%) and Poppy (40.7%). ### Who wins lane against Gangplank? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Irelia (+683), Yorick (+188) and Aatrox (+181) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Gangplank. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Top Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/top/) - [Irelia counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/counters/) - [Yorick counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yorick/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)