Gangplank ARAM Mayhem Build

The Saltwater Scourge. A middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #70 of 173 champions.

BPatch 26.21FighterNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: B
Win rate: 50.1%
Pick rate: 8.4%
Rank: #70 of 173
Games: 1,951,037
Patch: 26.21

How to play Gangplank in ARAM Mayhem

Gangplank is a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier B, #70 of 173 champions, with a 50.1% win rate over 1,951,037 games. It is also one of the most picked champions, showing up in 8% of games, so expect to see it on both sides. Riot rates it 9/10 for difficulty, so give it a few games before you judge it.

Gangplank's damage is mixed (68% physical, 17% magic), which makes it awkward for the enemy team to itemize against. It deals 44,857 damage to champions in an average game, more than most champions, so play to stay alive and keep hitting.

The Crit build, critical strike and attack speed items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Essence Reaver, Infinity Edge and The Collector, with a 51.1% win rate over 1,331,430 games. On this build 45% of players skip boots and spend the slot on another item.

The cards that do best on Gangplank are Back To Basics, Hand of Baron and Clown College. Cards built around critical strikes fill most of the top of its list, followed by ability haste. Most of its S-tier cards are prismatic, so a prismatic offer is often the pick that shapes the game. Skip Endless Decimation and Phenomenal Evil when you can: they do worst on Gangplank. A pair to look for: Back To Basics with Tooth Fairy.

Take Flash and Mark (85% of players). Max Q (Parrrley) first, then E, then W.

Gangplank ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Gangplank game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

Crit build · top ranked

51.1% win rate · 77% of Gangplank games · 1,331,430 games

Start

Long Sword
Sheen

Core items, in buying order

Essence Reaver
Infinity Edge
The Collector

Boots on the Crit build for Gangplank, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
Gluttonous Greaves	14%
No boots	45%
Ionian Boots of Lucidity	32%

Situational, after the core

Endless Hunger8% buy it
Hubris9% buy it
Lord Dominik's Regards55% buy it
Voltaic Cyclosword3% buy it
Axiom Arc20% buy it
Death's Dance7% buy it

Other build paths

Other Gangplank build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Core items	Games	Win rate
LethalityHubris, The Collector, Trinity Force		1.3%	45.9%
APMalignance, Liandry's Torment, Axiom Arc		6.9%	42.4%

Games: the share of all Gangplank games that went this way.

Most bought items

Infinity Edge76% of games
The Collector75% of games
Essence Reaver61% of games
Lord Dominik's Regards52% of games
Axiom Arc23% of games
Ionian Boots of Lucidity22% of games
Hubris20% of games
Malignance16% of games
Gluttonous Greaves13% of games
Mortal Reminder11% of games

Best augments for Gangplank

Every card with enough Gangplank games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Gangplank's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

1Escape PlanTier S
2Blunt ForceTier A
3escAPADeTier A

S- and A-tier cards for Gangplank

12 S tier and 26 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Gangplank in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Back To Basics	Prismatic	Tier S	Your Ultimate Ability is sealed. Gain 35% Ability Damage, Healing, Shielding, and 70 Ability Haste.
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Clown College	Prismatic	Tier S	Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive…
Tooth Fairy	Gold	Tier S	When you deal more than 25% of an enemy champion's Health in less than 2.5 seconds, they drop a Tooth. 4 seconds cooldown per target
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier S	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Vulnerability	Gold	Tier S	Your Item and damage over time effects can Critically Strike for 145% extra damage. Gain Critical Strike Chance 25% Crit chance.
Soul Siphon	Gold	Tier S	Gain 25% Crit Chance and 12% Lifesteal on Critical Strikes.
Big Shot	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 35% Critical Strike Damage and 25% bonus Attack Damage. 75% of your Attack Speed is converted into Critical Strike Damage. (1% Attack…
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier S	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier S	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Blunt Force	Silver	Tier A	–
escAPADe	Silver	Tier A	Convert Ability Power to Bonus Attack Damage and gain (15%) Attack Damage. Converts at a rate of 0.6 Attack Damage per point of Ability…
Tank It Or Leave It	Silver	Tier A	You can Critically Defend using your Crit Chance (max 50% chance), giving you a chance to reduce damage taken by 20%. Gain 25% Crit Chance.
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.
Urf's Champion	Prismatic	Tier A	QUEST: Score 18 takedowns. REWARD: Gain The Golden Spatula.
BEES!!!	Gold	Tier A	Every 15–10 (by level) seconds, your next Ability hit against an enemy champion throws a beehive at the target. Upon arriving, the hive…
Ultra Hydra	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain a Tiamat when completing a Hydra Item. QUEST: Possess Titanic Hydra, Ravenous Hydra and Profane Hydra. REWARD: Get Ultra Hydra.
Overflow	Gold	Tier A	Your Mana costs double. Your Ability Heals, Shields, and damage are (10%+0.5% Max Mana) more effective.
With Haste	Gold	Tier A	Gain (70% Ability Haste) Move Speed.
Infinite Recursion	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.
Goldrend	Prismatic	Tier A	Damaging a champion with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional (50–150 (by level) +20% Ability Power +40% Bonus Attack Damage) magic…
Goliath	Prismatic	Tier A	Become large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.
Upgrade Death's Dance	Silver	Tier A	Gain 250. Death's Dance's Ignore Pain is increased to Melee 40% / Ranged 15% of damage received, and heals for (125% Bonus Attack Damage)…
Upgrade Collector	Silver	Tier A	Executing enemies with The Collector's Passive increases execute threshold by 0.5% and grant additional 50 Gold. Gain 250 Gold.
Twin Fire	Silver	Tier A	On ability damage, fire 1 plus (3% Critical Strike Chance) missiles that deal (10–30 (by level) +7% Bonus Attack Damage+7% Ability Power)…
Upgrade Infinity Edge	Gold	Tier A	Gain 500 Gold. Having Infinity Edge allows your Critical Strikes to deal random bonus Critical Strike Damage, scaling up to 50% of your…
Pursuit of Power	Gold	Tier A	QUEST: Hit enemy champions with selected ability 10 times. REWARD: Permanently increase selected ability damage by 30%.
Gift of the Drowned	Silver	Tier A	Bonus Health is converted into Lethality. (100 Health to 5 Lethality) Gain 10–25 (by level) Lethality.
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
Totentanz	Prismatic	Tier A	Replace a Summoner Spell with A Dance with Death. A Dance with Death: Become Unkillable for 5 seconds and blink forward. If you get a…
Biggest Snowball Ever	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 100 Ability Haste on Snowball. Your snowball is BIG and will pass through minions. It Slows enemies for 20% for 2 seconds, Knocks Up…
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Upgrade Sheen	Gold	Tier A	Your Spellblade effects deal additional damage equal to 4% of the target's health and heal you for 3.5% of the target's health…

Average on Gangplank
46 cards, best first

Below average on Gangplank
21 cards, best first

Weakest on Gangplank
14 cards, best first

Best first augment for Gangplank

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Gangplank's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Back To Basics, Clown College and Giant Slayer come out on top.

The best augments for Gangplank in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Back To BasicsTier S	Bread and CheeseTier S	Hand of BaronTier S	Squishy Slappy GrabTier S
2	Clown CollegeTier S	Back To BasicsTier S	Back To BasicsTier S	Back To BasicsTier S
3	Giant SlayerTier S	Clown CollegeTier S	Giant SlayerTier S	Hand of BaronTier S
4	Tooth FairyTier S	Escape PlanTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Big ShotTier S
5	Tank It Or Leave ItTier S	Bread And ButterTier S	Clown CollegeTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Gangplank, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark85% of players · 50.3% win rate
Flash + Ignite0% of players · 50.0% win rate
Flash + Barrier0% of players · 49.9% win rate

Skill order

QParrrley
EPowder Keg
WRemove Scurvy

Max Q first. 81% of players use this order (51.0% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Gangplank in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 14.4 / 10.3 / 20.2
KDA: 3.79
Damage to champions: 44,857
Damage taken: 37,269
Self-mitigated: 25,687
Healing on allies: 13
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 12 s
Kill participation: 61%
Game length: 17:16

Damage type

Physical 68%Magic 17%True 15%

Questions and answers

What is the best Gangplank build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the Crit build first for Gangplank: Essence Reaver, Infinity Edge and The Collector. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Gangplank in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Gangplank, best first: Back To Basics, Hand of Baron, Clown College, Tooth Fairy and Giant Slayer. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Gangplank good in ARAM Mayhem?

Gangplank is tier B on patch 26.21, #70 of 173 champions, with a 50.1% win rate over 2 million games. That makes it a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Gangplank in ARAM Mayhem?

For Gangplank's first pick on patch 26.21: Back To Basics, Clown College, Giant Slayer, Tooth Fairy and Tank It Or Leave It, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Gangplank counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.