- Win Rate
- 49.1%
- Pick Rate
- 2.5%
- Ban Rate
- 3.5%
Gangplank vs Kayle
- Patch
- 26.20
- Games
- 3,236
- Lane
- All Lanes
- Tier
- All Tiers
- Last Updated
- Oct 14, 2026 UTC
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
Gangplank vs Kayle is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.20. Kayle wins with a 69.8% win rate (+39.5%) over Gangplank based on 43 games. Kayle holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Gangplank build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Gangplank vs Kayle matchup.
Gangplank Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Gangplank performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who wins Gangplank vs Kayle?
Gangplank wins 30.0% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 18.1% and 45.4% (95% range).
- Expected
- 48.8% From both champions' overall Top win rates
- Matchup effect
- −18.8 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 40 games Lane: Top
- vs patch 26.19
- — Not enough games on both patches
Lane: Top · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.20 · Oct 9 – Oct 11
Key takeaways
- Kayle is favored in this matchup: Gangplank wins 30.0% of 40 games, and the whole 95% range (18.1–45.4%) is on the same side of 50%.
- That is 18.8 points worse for Gangplank than both champions' overall Top win rates predict (48.8%), so the matchup itself works against this pick.
- Gangplank usually wins the lane: 1,045 gold ahead of Kayle at 15 minutes on average (39 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
- Gangplank players pick The Collector far more often against Kayle: 58.1% of their other Top games, 80.0% here.
How we calculate this
Games: ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North America server from the patch shown. Remakes (games under 5 minutes) are excluded.
A game only counts when Gangplank and Kayle played the same position on opposite teams, so roaming, lane swaps within a team or a champion merely being in the same game never count as this matchup.
The 95% range is a Wilson score interval. Confidence comes from how wide that range is: within ±3 points is very high, ±5 high, ±8 moderate, anything wider low. Below 20 games a matchup is not classified at all.
Expected win rate combines both champions’ win rates in this lane (same games and filters) with the log5 formula: E = A(1−B) / (A(1−B) + B(1−A)). Matchup effect = observed − expected.
"What changes" compares Gangplank's choices in this matchup with the same champion's other games in the same lane, and lists a change only when it is at least 3 points and statistically significant (two-proportion z-test, |z| ≥ 2, 20+ games).
Results are not split by rank: the sample per rank is too small for honest per-rank matchup numbers.
Gangplank vs Kayle Laning Stats
At 15 minutes
Whole-game averages
Gangplank vs Kayle Win Rate by Game Length
Gangplank's win rate against Kayle by game length. The dot is the win rate, the bar its 95% range and the dashed line the champion's usual win rate at that length. Lengths with fewer than 25 games are left blank.
No game length stands out: Gangplank's results against Kayle in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Gangplank vs Kayle Power Spikes
Who is ahead at each stage, measured from these games. A stage reads "Even" when the difference is inside the margin of error, and "Insufficient data" when there are too few games to tell.
- Lane (15 min)GangplankGangplank gold at 15: +1,045
- First itemGangplankGangplank: 11.4 min · Kayle: 13.6 min
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
- 30+ min gamesInsufficient data
What Gangplank Changes Against Kayle
Choices Gangplank players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Top games.
The CollectorItemUsually58.1%vs Kayle80.0%+21.9 pts28.1% WR here
Long Sword + Refillable PotionStarting itemsUsually7.0%vs Kayle25.0%+18.0 pts
Plated SteelcapsBootsUsually29.7%vs Kayle12.5%−17.2 pts
Triple TonicRuneUsually11.5%vs Kayle25.0%+13.5 pts
Health Scaling (defense)Stat shardUsually11.8%vs Kayleunder 2%−11.8 pts- Health (defense)Stat shardUsually85.8%vs Kayle97.5%+11.7 pts28.2% WR here
Cosmic InsightRuneUsually11.5%vs Kayle22.5%+11.0 pts
Best Gangplank Build vs Kayle
Usual Gangplank build (Top)
80.0% win rate · 15 games
Against Kayle
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 7 of 27 Gangplank games against Kayle carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Gangplank's standard build instead.
- Gangplank usually completes Essence Reaver first, at 11.4 min (median of 37 games).
- Kayle usually completes Nashor's Tooth first, at 13.6 min (median of 31 games).
- Skill priority: Q > E > W — the same as usual.
Builds are ranked by the lower edge of their win rate range, not the raw win rate, so a build seen in a handful of wins never outranks a proven one.
Best Gangplank Runes vs Kayle
Usual Gangplank runes (Top)
Deathfire Touch
48.9% win rate · 747 games
Against Kayle
Too few games for a matchup-specific rune page yet — use the usual page.
Plan your Gangplank draft in Draft Lab
Draft Lab lays out both teams lane by lane with live matchup win rates, damage profiles and game-phase lean, and suggests picks and bans from current meta data.
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- Lane matchup win rates
- Pick and ban suggestions
Gangplank matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.20. The table below shows Gangplank's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Gangplank build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Other Gangplank Matchups
Hardest for Gangplank
Easiest for Gangplank
Win rate and games for each matchup. Lists are ranked by the edge of the 95% range so small samples cannot top them; matchups with at least 50 games only.
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Gangplank vs Kayle FAQ - Patch 26.20
Who wins Gangplank vs Kayle?
Kayle is favored in this matchup: Gangplank wins 30.0% of 40 games, and the whole 95% range (18.1–45.4%) is on the same side of 50%.
What is Gangplank's win rate against Kayle?
Gangplank wins 30.0% of 40 Top games against Kayle on patch 26.20 (95% range 18.1–45.4%). Based on both champions' overall Top win rates, 48.8% would be expected.
Does Gangplank counter Kayle?
No — it is the other way around: Gangplank wins only 30.0% of 40 games against Kayle, and the whole 95% range is below 50%.
Who wins lane, Gangplank or Kayle?
Gangplank usually wins the lane: 1,045 gold ahead of Kayle at 15 minutes on average (39 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
Does Gangplank outscale Kayle?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Kayle strongest against Gangplank?
On current data there is no stage of the game where Kayle is ahead of Gangplank beyond the margin of error.
What should Gangplank build against Kayle?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Gangplank's usual Top core: Hubris, The Collector, Essence Reaver. The biggest change against Kayle: The Collector (58.1% usually, 80.0% here).
What runes should Gangplank use against Kayle?
Use Gangplank's usual Deathfire Touch page (Sorcery + Precision); there are too few games for a matchup-specific page. The biggest change against Kayle: Triple Tonic (11.5% usually, 25.0% here).