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Ambessa vs Gangplank

AmbessaYOU · TOP
GangplankENEMY · TOP
VS
Heavily unfavoredPre-6 HardPost-6 HardTake Teleport

How to play it

Dodge his barrels
Dodge or block his barrels: otherwise try to beat him in the barrel game, where your extended auto range and attack speed give you an edge.
Punish his cleanse
If he uses orange to cleanse, punish it with your ult while it's on cooldown.
Passive down = go
Respect his insane passive and only go on him once it's down: he's squishy unless he builds bruiser.
Never force a fight when he has Ignite: his barrels make him fast and he can run you down.
Runes
RESOLVERESOLVE
Grasp of the Undying
Aftershock
Guardian
Demolish
Font of Life
Shield Bash
Conditioning
Second Wind
Bone Plating
Overgrowth
Revitalize
Unflinching
INSPIRATIONINSPIRATION
Hextech Flashtraption
Magical Footwear
Cash Back
Triple Tonic
Time Warp Tonic
Biscuit Delivery
Cosmic Insight
Approach Velocity
Jack Of All Trades
SHARDS
Adaptive
Attack Speed
Ability Haste
Adaptive
Move Speed
Health Scaling
Health +65
Tenacity
Health Scaling
Spells
FlashFLASH
TeleportTELEPORT
Items
Start
Core
16.14 Emerald+ - 46% WR - 896 games
Skill order
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Ambessa · Top · Patch 26.17 · Ranked Solo · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Ambessa vs Gangplank in Top lane is a hard lane on patch 26.17. The one thing to respect: His barrels slow you and make him fast, beat him in the barrel game, or dodge and block them.

Ambessa matchup data compiled from a dedicated Ambessa OTP's matchup sheetLeague of Legends assets © Riot Games (Data Dragon).