How to win lane as Gangplank against Graves · 51.96% win rate over 2,885 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Graves | Graves out-bursts your single Parrrley with double-shell shotgun autos and free-hits your low-HP kegs to deny them before they detonate. |
| Level 2 | Graves | His shotgun autos win every short trade while your barrels are on long cooldown and one keg does nothing alone. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Your second Q point lets you start landing Parrrley-into-keg poke, so the lane levels off into an even farm fight. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | You can poke him with Q-into-keg when he walks up, but he answers with shotgun burst and a Smoke Screen blind — it stays a skill matchup. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | His Collateral Damage plus Quickdraw dash plus Smoke Screen all-in is real, but your Remove Scurvy cleanse and heal keep it even since your Cannon Barrage only zones. |
| First item | Gangplank | Sheen or Essence Reaver makes empowered Parrrley plus a full keg chain out-burst his shotgun, flipping the lane to you. |
| Two+ items | Gangplank | By two-plus items your chained keg detonations one-shot him through his ADC durability and he does not hyperscale past you like Kayle does. |
Graves owns these levels and you cannot fight it head-on — his double-shell shotgun autos out-burst your single Parrrley, and worse, he just walks up and free-hits your Powder Kegs to pop them before they ever detonate, denying your whole kit. Do not place a keg in his auto range expecting value; set them at the edge of your control just to zone and CS with cannon Q last-hits. Respect that his Smoke Screen blinds your Parrrley, so save your trades for when it is on cooldown.
The full Gangplank vs Graves report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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