Similar Characters

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Pick a character you play in another game and we’ll recommend Heroes that match your playstyle in Deadlock.

Gangplank (League of Legends)

These heroes are the closest Deadlock fits for the way Gangplank plays in League of Legends.

Gangplank's kit doesn't map cleanly onto Deadlock, so treat these as the closest starting points rather than exact matches. The ranking still weighs mobility, fight range, pressure pattern, utility, and team role.

Best Deadlock Fits

Open a card for details. Shared traits show why each match scored well.

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How To Read These Matches

The list is a playstyle translation: start with a character you know, then find Deadlock heroes that ask for similar habits.

1 Pick a reference

Choose a character from another game that already feels natural to you.

2 Compare traits

We compare mobility, range, control, durability, damage timing, and team role.

3 Scan the fit

A higher score means the Deadlock pick should reward similar decisions in fights.

Matches are intentionally not one-to-one class swaps. A tank, flanker, or support can match across games when the job in a fight feels similar.

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Gangplank in Deadlock: Common Questions

Who should I play in Deadlock if I main Gangplank?

Shiv is the closest fit at 43% match. Yamato and Apollo are the next closest. The ranking compares Gangplank's playstyle traits against every Deadlock hero, so it matches on how a character feels to play rather than on class labels.

Is there a Deadlock hero like Gangplank?

Shiv plays closest to Gangplank in Deadlock. Characters rarely translate one to one between games, so the score tells you how much overlap there is: higher means more shared habits in mobility, range, pressure pattern, and team role.

How are these League of Legends to Deadlock matches calculated?

Every character in both games is hand-tagged with playstyle traits grouped into shared categories. We read Gangplank's traits and rank the Deadlock roster by how much of that profile they share, weighting the categories that define how a character actually plays.