How to win lane as Gangplank against Locke · 49.46% win rate over 1,286 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even — his Q and passive chip match your early Parrrley poke, so neither side wins the opening exchanges outright. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays even with neither champion spiking — keep farming and trading pokes. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is even as your barrel play balances out his chip pressure on the wave. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 remain even — your scaling has not arrived yet, so it stays a neutral poke war. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 is even: your R Cannon Barrage disengage matches his R Purgatory execute threat, each ult answering the other. |
| First item | Even / skill | First item stays even — his AP burst can still convert a caught Gangplank, so the barrel poke war continues on level terms. |
| Two+ items | Gangplank | 2+ items is Gangplank — barrel combos, crit poke, and your global R outscale his single-target burst for good. |
This whole lane is even, and that is fine for you — his Q and passive chip match your Parrrley poke, so neither side spikes through level 5. Trade Parrrley for chip, stack gold and Silver Serpents, and use barrels defensively to keep his walk-up honest. At 6 your Cannon Barrage disengage directly answers his Purgatory execute, so hold R for the moment you are low.
The full Gangplank vs Locke 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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