Top Matchup

Gangplank vs Nasus

Patch: 15.15 (25.15)
League: Platinum+
Gangplank

Gangplank

the Saltwater Scourge
Top
Gangplank Top Overall Win Rate
49.37%

Matchup Win Rate

46.9%
Gangplank vs Nasus Wins
⚔
53.1%
Nasus vs Gangplank Wins
Nasus

Nasus

the Curator of the Sands
Top
Nasus Top Overall Win Rate
50.33%

Gangplank vs Nasus - Top Matchup Guide Patch 15.15 (25.15)

Gangplank Top vs Nasus Top - Who is stronger?

Gangplank Top has trouble against Nasus (46.9% win rate) based on 454 games. This is a tough matchup for Gangplank players.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Gangplank Top vs Nasus Top in patch 15.15 (25.15), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 66.5% in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

Gangplank dominates the meta (16th most popular, 4.1% pick rate) and regularly clashes with Nasus (3.3% pick rate). Understanding this common matchup forms the foundation of consistent gameplay for one of top lane's current powerhouses. Every edge matters: In this tough matchup, the proven Fleet Footwork + Presence of Mind combination (61.9% win rate) plus optimal itemization Trinity Force, The Collector, Immortal Shieldbow, and Ionian Boots of Lucidity boosts your chances from 46.9% to 66.5% - potentially game-changing.

Farm your way back: Gangplank's superior farming (7.87 vs 6.85/min, 4th among Top) offers a comeback path. Focus on safe CSing and capitalize on your 1.02 CS/min natural advantage. Damage doesn't equal wins: Gangplank outputs more damage (828 vs 701/min, 2nd place) but still loses the matchup. The issue likely lies in survivability, mobility, or damage timing rather than raw output. Strong individual performance: Gangplank maintains better KDA (2.10, 10th place vs 29th for Nasus), but loses the matchup overall. High KDA without wins suggests difficulty translating individual advantages into victory conditions.

Gangplank vs Nasus - Top Stats Comparison

Gangplank Top
Gangplank Top		Versus
Nasus Top
Nasus Top
BTierA
46.9%Matchup Winrate53.1%
49.37%Role Winrate50.33%
#46Winrate Rank#29
4.1%Pickrate3.3%
2.1Average KDA1.9
439Gold per Minute417
7.87CS/Min6.85
0.31Wards per Minute0.29
828Damage per Minute701

How to Beat Nasus as Gangplank (Top)

Difficult matchup requiring deep understanding of game mechanics and flawless execution. Patience and proper macro play are the keys to victory in this confrontation.

Except for rare builds, Gangplank deals physical damage. Focus on eliminating enemy carries. Nasus deals mainly physical damage (73.39%), additional items against this damage type may be required against snowballing or aggressive play.

An important advantage of Gangplank is higher farming statistics (ranked 4th among role champions) (versus 26th for Nasus), which provides a stable gold advantage in extended games and allows faster access to key items. Meanwhile, their lower KDA (1.9 versus 2.1) suggests they are less effective in team fights.

Key aspects of the Gangplank Top versus Nasus Top matchup

In this difficult confrontation, it is critically important for the Gangplank player to avoid attempts to force trades and all-ins with the Nasus player, as the matchup requires a patient and calculated approach. Extended trades without clear tactical advantage often lead to unfavorable consequences, and ignoring opportunities to receive team support can be a fatal mistake for game progression.

Gangplank vs Nasus: Top Lane Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Teleport
Teleport After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.
48.9% Win Rate84.0% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Ignite Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
57.5% Win Rate15.2% Pick Rate

Gangplank vs Nasus: Top Lane Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Resolve
Grasp of the Undying
Grasp of the Undying Every 4s in combat, your next basic attack on a champion will:
  • Deal bonus magic damage equal to 3.5% of your max health
  • Heal you for 1.3% of your max health
  • Permanently increase your health by 5
    Ranged Champions: Damage, healing, and permanent health gained are 60% effective.

    • Grasp of the Undying

    Every 4s in combat, your next basic attack on a champion will:Deal bonus magic damage equ…

    Demolish
    Demolish Charge up a powerful attack against a tower over 3s, while within 600 range of it. The charged attack deals 100 (+35% of your max health) bonus physical damage.

    Cooldown: 45s

    Demolish

    Charge up a powerful attack against a tower over 3s, while within 600 range of …

    Bone Plating
    Bone Plating After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.

    Duration: 1.5s
    Cooldown: 55s

    Bone Plating

    After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you re…

    Overgrowth
    Overgrowth Absorb life essence from monsters or enemy minions that die near you, permanently gaining 3 maximum health for every 8.

    When you've absorbed 120 monsters or enemy minions, gain an additional 3.5% maximum health.

    Overgrowth

    Absorb life essence from monsters or enemy minions that die near you, permanent…

    Secondary Path
    Inspiration
    Biscuit Delivery
    Biscuit Delivery Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until 6 min.

    Biscuits restore 12% of your missing health. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health by 30.

    Biscuit Delivery

    Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until …

    Cosmic Insight
    Cosmic Insight +18 Summoner Spell Haste
    +10 Item Haste

    Cosmic Insight

    +18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste

    Adaptive
    Adaptive Force
    Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

    Adaptive Force

    Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

    Adaptive Force
    Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

    Adaptive Force

    Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

    Scaling Health
    Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

    Scaling Health

    Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

    48.6% Win Rate25.9% Pick Rate

    Best Win Rate Runes

    Primary Path
    Precision
    Fleet Footwork
    Fleet Footwork Attacking and moving builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack is Energized

    Energized attacks heal you for 10 - 130 (+0.1 Bonus AD, +0.05 AP) and grant 20% Move Speed for 1s.

    For Ranged Champions, Healing is 60% effective and Move Speed is 75% effective. All healing is 15% effective against Minions.

    Fleet Footwork

    Attacking and moving builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack is EnergizedEn…

    Presence of Mind
    Presence of Mind Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.

    Takedowns restore 15% of your maximum mana or energy.

    Cooldown for damage restoration: 8s

    Presence of Mind

    Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.Take…

    Legend: Haste
    Legend: Haste Gain 1.5 basic ability haste for every Legend stack (max 10 stacks).

    Earn progress toward Legend stacks for every champion takedown, epic monster takedown, large monster kill, and minion kill.

    Legend: Haste

    Gain 1.5 basic ability haste for every Legend stack (max 10 stacks).Earn progre…

    Cut Down
    Cut Down Deal 8% more damage to champions who have more than 60% health.

    Cut Down

    Deal 8% more damage to champions who have more than 60% health.

    Secondary Path
    Resolve
    Second Wind
    Second Wind After taking damage from an enemy champion, heal for 4% of your missing health +3 over 10s.

    Second Wind

    After taking damage from an enemy champion, heal for 4% of your missing health …

    Unflinching
    Unflinching Gain 6 - 12 (level scaling) Armor and Magic Resist when crowd controlled and for 2 seconds after.

    Unflinching

    Gain 6 - 12 (level scaling) Armor and Magic Resist when crowd controlled and fo…

    Adaptive
    Adaptive Force
    Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

    Adaptive Force

    Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

    Adaptive Force
    Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

    Adaptive Force

    Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

    +65 Health
    +65 Health +65 Health

    +65 Health

    +65 Health

    61.9% Win Rate7.4% Pick Rate

    Gangplank vs Nasus: Top Lane Item Builds

    Most Popular Build

    Starting Items
    Stealth Ward
    Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
    Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
    Doran's Blade
    Doran's Blade (450 gold) 10 Attack Damage
    80 Health
    3% Life Steal
    Health Potion
    Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
    Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
    49.7% Win Rate65.9% Pick Rate
    Popular Boots
    Ionian Boots of Lucidity
    Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
    45 Move Speed
    Ionian Insight
    Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
    56.6% Win Rate37.2% Pick Rate
    Plated Steelcaps
    Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
    45 Move Speed
    Plating
    Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
    49.2% Win Rate21.4% Pick Rate
    Boots of Swiftness
    Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
    Fleetfooted
    Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
    48.5% Win Rate17.0% Pick Rate
    Core Build
    Sheen
    Sheen (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
    Spellblade
    After using an Ability, your next Attack deals bonus physical damageOn-Hit.
    ->
    Trinity Force
    Trinity Force (3333 gold) 36 Attack Damage
    30% Attack Speed
    333 Health
    15 Ability Haste
    Spellblade
    After using an Ability, your next Attack deals bonus physical damageOn-Hit.

    Quicken
    Attacking grants 20 Move Speed for 2 seconds.
    The Collector
    The Collector (3000 gold) 50 Attack Damage
    10 Lethality
    25% Critical Strike Chance
    Death
    Your damage executes champions that are below 5% Health.
    Taxes
    Champion kills grant 25 bonus gold.
    Infinity Edge
    Infinity Edge (3450 gold) 65 Attack Damage
    25% Critical Strike Chance
    40% Critical Strike Damage
    58.4% Win Rate21.3% Pick Rate
    Final Build
    Immortal Shieldbow
    Immortal Shieldbow (3000 gold) 55 Attack Damage
    25% Critical Strike Chance
    Lifeline
    Taking damage that would reduce your Health below 30% grants a Shield for 3 seconds.
    66.2% Win Rate28.3% Pick Rate

    Best Win Rate Build

    Starting Items
    Stealth Ward
    Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
    Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
    Sapphire Crystal
    Sapphire Crystal (300 gold) 300 Mana
    Refillable Potion
    Refillable Potion (150 gold) Active (2 charges)
    Restores 100 Health over 12 seconds.
    Refills upon visiting the shop.
    59.7% Win Rate3.4% Pick Rate
    Highest Winrate Boots
    Ionian Boots of Lucidity
    Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
    45 Move Speed
    Ionian Insight
    Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
    56.6% Win Rate37.2% Pick Rate
    Sorcerer's Shoes
    Sorcerer's Shoes (1100 gold) 12 Magic Penetration
    45 Move Speed
    50.1% Win Rate4.6% Pick Rate
    Plated Steelcaps
    Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
    45 Move Speed
    Plating
    Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
    49.2% Win Rate21.4% Pick Rate
    Core Build
    Sheen
    Sheen (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
    Spellblade
    After using an Ability, your next Attack deals bonus physical damageOn-Hit.
    ->
    Trinity Force
    Trinity Force (3333 gold) 36 Attack Damage
    30% Attack Speed
    333 Health
    15 Ability Haste
    Spellblade
    After using an Ability, your next Attack deals bonus physical damageOn-Hit.

    Quicken
    Attacking grants 20 Move Speed for 2 seconds.
    The Collector
    The Collector (3000 gold) 50 Attack Damage
    10 Lethality
    25% Critical Strike Chance
    Death
    Your damage executes champions that are below 5% Health.
    Taxes
    Champion kills grant 25 bonus gold.
    Immortal Shieldbow
    Immortal Shieldbow (3000 gold) 55 Attack Damage
    25% Critical Strike Chance
    Lifeline
    Taking damage that would reduce your Health below 30% grants a Shield for 3 seconds.
    66.5% Win Rate1.3% Pick Rate
    Final Build
    Lich Bane
    Lich Bane (3200 gold) 115 Ability Power
    4% Move Speed
    10 Ability Haste
    Spellblade
    After using an Ability, your next Attack deals bonus magic damageOn-Hit.
    99.9% Win Rate3.6% Pick Rate
    Other Items
    Youmuu's Ghostblade
    Youmuu's Ghostblade (2800 gold) 55 Attack Damage
    18 Lethality
    4% Move Speed
    Haunt
    Gain Move Speed while out of combat.
    Wraith Step
    Gain Move Speed and Ghosting for seconds.
    65.8% Win Rate10.6% Pick Rate
    Serpent's Fang
    Serpent's Fang (2500 gold) 55 Attack Damage
    15 Lethality
    Shield Reaver
    Damaging an enemy champion reduces Shields they gain by % for 3 seconds.
    If they were not already affected by Shield Reaver, reduce Shields on them by %.
    12.6% Win Rate9.6% Pick Rate
    Mortal Reminder
    Mortal Reminder (3300 gold) 35 Attack Damage
    35% Armor Penetration
    25% Critical Strike Chance
    Grievous Wounds
    Dealing physical damage applies 40% Wounds to enemy champions for 3 seconds.
    60.0% Win Rate5.9% Pick Rate
    Lich Bane
    Lich Bane (3200 gold) 115 Ability Power
    4% Move Speed
    10 Ability Haste
    Spellblade
    After using an Ability, your next Attack deals bonus magic damageOn-Hit.
    99.9% Win Rate3.6% Pick Rate
    Liandry's Torment
    Liandry's Torment (3000 gold) 70 Ability Power
    300 Health
    Torment
    Damaging Abilities burn enemies for 2% max Health magic damage per second for 3 seconds.
    Suffering
    For each second in combat with enemy champions, deal 2% bonus damage, up to 6%.
    67.2% Win Rate3.5% Pick Rate
    Spear of Shojin
    Spear of Shojin (3100 gold) 45 Attack Damage
    450 Health
    Dragonforce
    Gain 25 Basic Ability Haste.
    Focused Will
    Dealing damage with Abilities increases your Champion's Ability and Passive damage by 3% for 6 seconds. (stacks 4 times).
    66.8% Win Rate3.5% Pick Rate
    Rabadon's Deathcap
    Rabadon's Deathcap (3600 gold) 130 Ability Power
    Magical Opus
    Increases your total Ability Power by 30%.
    99.6% Win Rate3.5% Pick Rate

    Gangplank vs Nasus: Top Lane Skill (abilities) Orders

    Most Frequent Skill Order

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    Q
    Q
    Parrrley Shoots target, plundering Gold for each enemy unit killed.
    Q
    Q
    Q
    Q
    Q
    W
    W
    Remove Scurvy Eats citrus to cure crowd control effects and restore Health.
    W
    W
    W
    W
    W
    E
    E
    Powder Keg Gangplank uncovers a powder keg at target location. If he attacks it, it explodes, spreading the attack's damage to enemies in the area, slowing them.
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    R
    R
    Cannon Barrage Gangplank signals his ship to bombard an area, slowing and damaging enemies.
    R
    R
    R
    Max Order: Q > E > W
    47.4% Win Rate44.5% Pick Rate

    Highest Win % Skill Order

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    R
    Q
    Parrrley Shoots target, plundering Gold for each enemy unit killed.
    Q
    Q
    Q
    Q
    Q
    R
    W
    Remove Scurvy Eats citrus to cure crowd control effects and restore Health.
    W
    W
    W
    W
    W
    R
    E
    Powder Keg Gangplank uncovers a powder keg at target location. If he attacks it, it explodes, spreading the attack's damage to enemies in the area, slowing them.
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    R
    R
    Cannon Barrage Gangplank signals his ship to bombard an area, slowing and damaging enemies.
    R
    R
    R
    Max Order: Q > E > W
    59.8% Win Rate0.9% Pick Rate

    Gangplank tips:

    • Parrrley applies On Hit effects like Frozen Mallet or Black Cleaver.
    • Paying attention to low-health enemies on the map can land you a surprise kill with Cannon Barrage.
    • Try placing Cannon Barrage on the path of escape to cut off fleeing enemies.

    Playing Against Nasus

    • While transformed by his ultimate, Nasus is stronger than most champions in the League. Engage him only if you have a clear advantage.
    • Max rank Wither is a very effective counter to Attack Damage characters, so try to avoid getting caught alone by it.
    • Nasus is prone to being kited. Try not to engage him at full Health.

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