How to win lane as Gangplank against Kled · 50.29% win rate over 509 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Kled | Kled is a level-1 skirmish bully and you are one of the weakest early tops — his Bear Trap pull and Violent Tendencies autos chunk you before a single Powder Keg exists. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | It evens out: you can farm with the tip of Parrrley while holding Remove Scurvy to cleanse his Bear Trap pull and deny the all-in. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Neither of you spikes here — you stabilize on barrels while he relies on re-landing his grab, so short trades are a coin flip. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Your second Q and E points let you Parrrley kegs from outside Bear Trap range, matching his raw skirmish pressure on Skaarl's HP. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Cannon Barrage adds zoning and gank pressure but doesn't win the duel, and his ult-charge engage answers it — roughly even. |
| First item | Gangplank | Your Sheen or Essence Reaver first-item spike out-bursts a remounted Kled in a short trade while his Bear Trap and Violent Tendencies are on cooldown. |
| Two+ items | Kled | Kled out-scales: cheap Courage re-mounting, Violent Tendencies on-hit and bruiser tankiness let him reclaim the all-in once both have items. |
Levels 1-3 are Kled's lane to lose, not yours. Mounted Kled's Bear Trap on a Rope yanks you in and his Violent Tendencies attack-speed autos chunk you before you have a single Powder Keg down, so do not sit in pull range of a barrel he can free-hit to deny — last-hit with the tip of Parrrley and eat a little poke. Hold Remove Scurvy (W) for the grab, not for chip: cleansing the Bear Trap pull is your one tool that turns his all-in into a whiff. If you force him off Skaarl (dismount), he loses his steroid and gets slower, so deny his Courage stacks and just farm to your spikes.
The full Gangplank vs Kled 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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