Gangplank vs Olaf Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
In Top, this is Gangplank versus Olaf — a fighter against a fighter/tank hybrid. 1,321 tracked games on 16.13.1 put Gangplank at a 47.2% win rate into Olaf. Sitting 2.8 points below the 50% line marks Olaf as a genuine problem pick for Gangplank.
Remove Scurvy (W) and Ragnarok (R) are usually what decide a trade between Gangplank and Olaf. Whoever spends Cannon Barrage or Ragnarok first hands the other a window.
This is a physical-versus-physical exchange between Gangplank and Olaf. Gangplank opens on 630 health and 31 armour, Olaf on 645 and 35. At full build levels the gap widens to 2668 HP versus 2568, favouring Olaf. Base attack damage is 64 against 68, so Olaf wins the raw auto-attack exchange. Olaf moves quicker at base (345 against 350), which shows up on roams.
Both champions are melee (Gangplank at 125, Olaf at 125), so the lane is decided by cooldowns rather than reach.
Gangplank is the more demanding of the two to pilot (9/10 versus 3/10), which quietly shapes the win rate. Treat 1,321 games as the confidence attached to 47.2%. The page tracks Gangplank against Olaf continuously rather than freezing on one patch.
FAQ
No — current data marks this as a counter matchup: Olaf has the statistical edge. Gangplank wins 47.2% of the recorded games.
47.2% from Gangplank's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
1,321 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Gangplank build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Gangplank build page.