Aatrox vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Aatrox
based on 2,836 Aatrox vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aatrox vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Aatrox vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Aatrox
Tips for Playing as Aatrox against Gangplank
Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.
Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.
Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.
Advice to Win Against Gangplank
Parrrley deals a high amount of physical damage. Items that grant Armor can help if an enemy Gangplank is doing well.
Once Gangplank reaches level 6, watch out for his global-range ultimate, Cannon Barrage!
Aatrox vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Aatrox in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some strategic Aatrox vs. Gangplank counter statistics that may help you interpret the differences between the pair. Aatrox’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gangplank’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Aatrox may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gangplank..
Aatrox often has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Gangplank. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Aatrox and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Aatrox or Gangplank?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Aatrox usually wins when trying to fight Gangplank, with a 51.7% win rate. As a result, Aatrox makes a good counter for Gangplank.
While Aatrox does have a higher win rate compared to Gangplank, when facing one another, Aatrox also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Aatrox into Gangplank.
Additionally, Aatrox also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gangplank. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Aatrox vs Gangplank matchups, Aatrox is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Aatrox is a decent counter to Gangplank. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Aatrox against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Aatrox in order to counter Gangplank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aatrox most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Gangplank. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Aatrox versus Gangplank build include Spear of Shojin, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Aatrox incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Gangplank than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Aatrox boasted an average winrate of 51.7% when countering Gangplank with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Gangplank as Aatrox, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Aatrox vs Gangplank matchups, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.7% win rate overall.
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