How to win lane as Mordekaiser against Gangplank · 52.04% win rate over 999 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | I have one ability and no aura at level 1 while he places barrels and last-hits — neither side wants to all-in, so it's purely about who farms cleaner around the kegs. |
| Level 2 | Mordekaiser | At 2-3 my Q's single-target bonus plus a banked Indestructible shield out-trades his barrel chip — I heal back what he pokes and he can't sustain point-blank. |
| Level 3 | Mordekaiser | Through 4-5 Darkness Rise grinds every extended melee trade in my favor; his barrels can't out-chip me once I'm sticking to him with the aura up. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | It's a genuine coinflip here — my aura wins the point-blank fight, but his ranged barrel poke and crit pattern chip me safely if I can't close the gap. |
| Level 6 | Mordekaiser | Realm of Death strands every pre-placed barrel and his whole team outside the shadow, leaving him 1v1 with nothing to chain off and no peel — guaranteed kill. |
| First item | Gangplank | By 2+ items his barrel-wave crits out-damage my flatter late game and his W cleanses my E's slow and grievous wounds, so I can't reliably lock the full combo. |
| Two+ items | Gangplank | He out-scales hard late: stacked-barrel crits beat my flat damage, Remove Scurvy strips the CC off my E, and his global R wins fights across the map I can't reach. |
"\"Gangplank's level 1 is barrel placement and last-hitting — I have only Q and no aura yet, so I farm the front of Obliterate's cone and don't chase onto a keg. The lane flips at 2 and 3 once Q + W are up: Obliterate's single-target bonus plus a banked Indestructible shield out-trades his barrel chip, because I heal back what he pokes and he can't sustain a real point-blank exchange. Never auto a barrel he's already placed — let it expire, or E him off it before he detonates the chain into me.\""
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