How to win lane as Pantheon against Gangplank · 47.96% win rate over 1,566 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Pantheon | At level 1 your point-and-click W stun plus tap Q out-damages anything Gangplank has before he stacks barrels. |
| Level 2 | Pantheon | A level-2 W-Q all-in catches him with only a single keg down and no Scurvy-fueled sustain yet. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | His barrels start to chain and his Q poke comes online — Aegis Assault (E) blocks it but the lane goes genuinely even here. |
| Levels 4-5 | Gangplank | Barrel chains now one-shot waves and poke you from beyond W range, and you have no sustain to answer it. |
| Level 6 | Gangplank | Cannon Barrage (R) lets him farm and shove from range and slows your W approach, stabilizing the lane. |
| First item | Gangplank | His Sheen/Trinity barrel detonations out-burst your plateaued damage and his global R out-pressures the map. |
| Two+ items | Gangplank | A fed Gangplank chain-crits you down before your W lands and splits with global R — your damage can't keep up. |
Levels 1-3 are your only clean window, so press them. At level 1 your point-and-click Shield Vault (W) stun plus a tap Q deals real damage before he has any barrels down, and at level 2 a W-Q all-in catches him while his barrel chain is still one keg. Hold-aim your long Q only to deny barrel last-hits — don't walk into auto range to throw it. Bait his Remove Scurvy (W): if he burns it to cleanse, your next W-stun lands clean.
The full Pantheon vs Gangplank 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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