Heimerdinger vs Gangplank Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Range advantage does not survive contact with barrels. Heimerdinger attacks from 550 and holds space with H-28 G Evolution Turret, but Powder Keg spreads Gangplank‘s attack damage across everything nearby and slows what it catches, which is a direct answer to stationary deployments. Over 359 top lane games on patch 16.13.1 Heimerdinger wins 42.6%, and the matchup is graded Hard.
His control is similarly conditional. CH-2 Electron Storm Grenade stuns on a direct hit and slows around it, yet Remove Scurvy eats crowd control outright while restoring health. That leaves Hextech Micro-Rockets and the turret beam as reliable damage against a champion with 630 base health to 558, 2,568 at level 18 to 2,343, and 110.9 armour to 90.4. Parrrley plunders gold on every unit it finishes, so even a stalled matchup keeps paying him.
Heimerdinger deals magic damage, so 32 base magic resist is the figure to track, and Hextech Affinity only grants movement speed near allied towers and his own turrets, keeping him quick in places he has already prepared. Cannon Barrage covers ground he cannot defend at all. Both sit high on execution, 8 and 9, so mistakes are frequent on either side; the difference is that Trial by Fire burns down whoever survives a bad trade, and Gangplank has 350 movement speed to 340 to force one.
FAQ
No — current data marks this as a counter matchup: Gangplank has the statistical edge. Heimerdinger wins 42.6% of the recorded games.
42.6% from Heimerdinger's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
359 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Heimerdinger build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Heimerdinger build page.