Darius vs Gangplank in Top lane is a skill matchup on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: his Q poke is the whole lane — sit in the bushes so you don't soak too much of it, then out-trade him. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · TOPDARIUSthe Hand of Noxus

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPGANGPLANKthe Saltwater Scourge

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Skill matchupPre-6 nullPost-6 nullTake Ghost

How to play it

✓ DO

Don't soak his Q

Sit in the bushes so you don't soak too much of his Q poke, and win the lane with one-sided trades.

E in and run down

Once you've poked him out and he can't Q you back, E him in and run him down — you beat him 1v1.

Deny his wave pull

Most Gangplanks pull the wave to their tower — prevent that lane state, or chunk him low so he won't dare call a gank.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never let him free-pull the wave to his tower — that's the lane state to prevent, so keep it where you can run him down.

Runes

PRECISION

SORCERYuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

GHOST

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 48% WR - 1.2k games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
		E							E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→E→W

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