Gangplank

Gangplank is an AD caster in the mid, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a solid mid-tier pick — a 51.3% win rate, 0.4% pick rate, 5,089 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Gangplank is a scaling champion: comparatively weak early, but one of the strongest picks on the map once core items come online — so the plan is to survive the laning phase and take the game over late.

How Gangplank wins: sieging objectives and turrets with sustained pressure, and winning the wave and turning push priority into map control. The kit grades 8/10 siege, 8/10 waveclear, 7/10 teamfighting. Gangplank's soft spots are mobility and disengage (3/10, 3/10) — avoid fights that hinge on them.

The most-played core build is Essence Reaver, The Collector, Infinity Edge, which holds a 48.4% win rate across 399 games this patch. Pick the enemy team to adapt each item slot to the specific matchup.

The matchup to respect is Jhin, where Gangplank sits at just 43.2%, the lane swings the other way into Graves (58.1%), and on the team side, Gangplank gains the most from a Blitzcrank (+9.7% pair win rate).