Kayle vs Gangplank

Kayle

53.5%

over 1282 games

Gangplank

Analyze a draft with Kayle

Skill matchup

Heavy AD damageSplit pushHigh burstHeavy poke

You are stronger late game. Farm safe and avoid early trades.

Build vs Gangplank

Build adapted to this matchup

Starting items

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Core build

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2—

3—

Standard

4vs Slow

5—

Summoner spells

68%

12%

Anti CC

4vs CC

Other options

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65.3% WR354 games

Precision

Press the Attack

Absorb Life

Legend: Alacrity

Last Stand

Sorcery

Celerity

Gathering Storm

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Gangplank's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Trial by Fire (P)

Every few seconds, Gangplank's melee strike will set his opponent on fire.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

Level	Q	W	E	R
3	4.5s	22s	0s	–
6	4.5s	22s	0s	2m40
9	4.5s	20s	0s	2m40
11	4.5s	18s	0s	2m20
16	4.5s	14s	0s	2m
18	4.5s	14s	0s	2m

Playing as Kayle

Tips to maximize your impact

Play safe early
Play safe early on: Divine Ascent (passive) empowers your autos with each level, adding range, speed and waves of fire.
Save your W for ganks
Save Celestial Blessing (W) to escape a gank or hold your lane: it heals you and an ally, and gives you both move speed.
Push once you get fire waves
Push the wave as soon as you unlock your waves of fire: Divine Ascent (passive) adds them to your autos, and minions go down much faster.
Ult the ally they're focusing
Cast Divine Judgment (R) on the ally being focused, at the last moment: they become invulnerable, then the area around them damages enemies.

Playing against Gangplank

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

Pop his kegs before he does
Destroy his kegs before he does: a Powder Keg (E) destroyed by an enemy is defused, and each keg loses health over time.
All-in, he has no dash
If you can engage, go all-in: his kit has no dash to escape.
Save a CC for after his W
If your team has several CCs, don't use them all at once: Remove Scurvy (W) cleanses all his CC, then has a 22 to 14 second cooldown.
Get out of his keg zone
In teamfights, get out of his kegs' area: each Powder Keg (E) explosion deals the damage of the attack that set it off, ignores part of your armor and slows you.

Other Kayle matchups

Patch 16.21.1