Pantheon vs Gangplank TOP Matchup Guide

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Pantheon into Gangplankmedium

Overview

Use early empowered trades and stun to deny Gangplank's barrel setups and scaling.
Prioritize crashing waves to prevent Gangplank from farming safely and create roam windows.
Exploit Pantheon's early lane pressure to snowball before Gangplank reaches critical item spikes.

Initiate trades with stun, then use empowered for burst damage.
Activate to block Gangplank's barrel chain damage during trades.
Punish Gangplank when his barrels are cleared or is on cooldown to prevent his cleanse and heal.

Avoid engaging when Gangplank has a primed barrel chain ready to punish melee trades.
Respect as it can cleanse your stun and heal significant damage.
Do not trade aggressively when your damage block is down to prevent heavy retaliation.

At levels 2-3, engage with followed by empowered to force short trades.
Avoid using when Gangplank has barrels primed to punish your engage.
Thin or crash waves quickly to deny Gangplank free farm and open opportunities for roams.

Level 2-3: Empowered , , and enable strong short trades and lane control.
Level 6: Use wave crashes to unlock for impactful roams before Gangplank scales.
Respect Gangplank's level 6 global slow and item barrel spikes; avoid extended fights then.

Snowball early lane dominance with empowered trades and stuns to deny Gangplank farm and barrel control.
Crash waves to create roam opportunities with and extend map pressure.
Maintain lane pressure to prevent Gangplank from reaching item spikes and leverage early kills into team advantages.

Tactical tip

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