Gragasvs Gangplank
Gragas vs Gangplank is a very close matchup in LoL patch 26.19. Gragas wins with a 50.0% win rate (+0.0%) over Gangplank based on 10 games. Gangplank wins the early laning phase while Gragas scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Gragas build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Gragas vs Gangplank matchup.
Gragas Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Gragas 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 Gragas vs Gangplank?
Gragas wins 41.4% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 25.5% and 59.3% (95% range).
- Expected
- 50.0% From both champions' overall Top win rates
- Matchup effect
- −8.6 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 29 games Lane: Top
- vs patch 26.18
- — Not enough games on both patches
Lane: Top · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.19 · Sep 24 – Sep 28
Key takeaways
- Current data slightly favors Gangplank, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Gragas wins 41.4% of 29 games (95% range 25.5–59.3%).
- Both champions' overall Top win rates predict 50.0% for Gragas; the result is within the margin of error of that, so this matchup mostly reflects the two champions' general strength.
- Gragas players pick Shadowflame far more often against Gangplank: 31.7% of their other Top games, 58.6% 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 Gragas and Gangplank 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 Gragas'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.
Gragas vs Gangplank Laning Stats
Only 28 games have a 15-minute snapshot so far — the lane-phase numbers appear from 30.
Whole-game averages
Gragas vs Gangplank Win Rate by Game Length
Gragas's win rate against Gangplank 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: Gragas's results against Gangplank in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Gragas vs Gangplank 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)Insufficient data
- First itemInsufficient data
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
- 30+ min gamesInsufficient data
What Gragas Changes Against Gangplank
Choices Gragas players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Top games.
ShadowflameItemUsually31.7%vs Gangplank58.6%+26.9 pts
Stormraider's SurgeKeystoneUsually69.3%vs Gangplank89.7%+20.3 pts38.5% WR here
Usually12.2%vs Gangplank31.0%+18.8 pts
TranscendenceRuneUsually82.9%vs Gangplank100.0%+17.1 pts41.4% WR here
SorcerySecondary treeUsually15.8%vs Gangplankunder 2%−15.8 pts
StormsurgeItemUsually13.5%vs Gangplank27.6%+14.1 pts
Boots of SwiftnessBootsUsually1.3%vs Gangplank6.9%+5.6 pts
Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Stealth Ward + Stealth WardStarting itemsUsuallyunder 0.5%vs Gangplank3.4%+3.4 pts
Best Gragas Build vs Gangplank
Against Gangplank
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 3 of 14 Gragas games against Gangplank carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Gragas's standard build instead.
- Gangplank usually completes Essence Reaver first, at 11.4 min (median of 29 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 Gragas Runes vs Gangplank
Usual Gragas runes (Top)
Stormraider's Surge
49.4% win rate · 698 games
Against Gangplank
Too few games for a matchup-specific rune page yet — use the usual page.
Plan your Gragas 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
Gragas matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.19. The table below shows Gragas'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 Gragas build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Other Gragas Matchups
Hardest for Gragas
Easiest for Gragas
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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Gragas vs Gangplank FAQ - Patch 26.19
Who wins Gragas vs Gangplank?
Current data slightly favors Gangplank, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Gragas wins 41.4% of 29 games (95% range 25.5–59.3%).
What is Gragas's win rate against Gangplank?
Gragas wins 41.4% of 29 Top games against Gangplank on patch 26.19 (95% range 25.5–59.3%). Based on both champions' overall Top win rates, 50.0% would be expected.
Does Gragas counter Gangplank?
Not clearly. Gragas wins 41.4% of 29 games against Gangplank, and the 95% range (25.5–59.3%) includes 50%, so neither champion reliably counters the other on current data.
Who wins lane, Gragas or Gangplank?
There are not enough games with a 15-minute snapshot yet (28) to say who wins lane.
Does Gragas outscale Gangplank?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Gangplank strongest against Gragas?
On current data there is no stage of the game where Gangplank is ahead of Gragas beyond the margin of error.
What should Gragas build against Gangplank?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Gragas's usual Top core: Rod of Ages, Shadowflame, Lich Bane. The biggest change against Gangplank: Shadowflame (31.7% usually, 58.6% here).
What runes should Gragas use against Gangplank?
Use Gragas's usual Stormraider's Surge page (Sorcery + Inspiration); there are too few games for a matchup-specific page. The biggest change against Gangplank: Stormraider's Surge (69.3% usually, 89.7% here).