Akshan vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Akshan
based on 1,232 Akshan vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Gangplank
Raising an eyebrow in the face of danger, Akshan fights evil with dashing charisma, righteous vengeance, and a conspicuous lack of shirts. He is highly skilled in the art of stealth combat, able to evade the eyes of his enemies and reappear when they least expect him. With a keen sense of justice and a legendary death-reversing weapon, he rights the wrongs of Runeterra's many scoundrels while living by his own moral code: “Don't be an ass.”
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!
Akshan vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Akshan in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some significant Akshan vs. Gangplank matchup stats that can help you grasp the differences between this pair of champions. For instance, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gangplank’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Gangplank..
Akshan typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their matchup does. Commonly, they receives less damage than Gangplank. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akshan and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Akshan or Gangplank?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Akshan usually wins when facing off against Gangplank, with a 52.1% win rate. Therefore, Akshan makes a good counter to Gangplank.
While Akshan does have a higher win rate than Gangplank, when facing one another, Akshan also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less difficult character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Akshan into Gangplank.
Furthermore, Akshan also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gangplank. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Gangplank matchups, Akshan is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Akshan is a good counter for Gangplank. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Akshan against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akshan in order to counter Gangplank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan often gets a similar amount of CS as Gangplank. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Akshan versus Gangplank build consist of Kraken Slayer, The Collector, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Akshan combined at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better against Gangplank than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Akshan boasted an average win rate of 52.1% when countering Gangplank with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Gangplank as Akshan, Akshan players should take the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Shield Bash runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Akshan vs Gangplank fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.1% winrate overall.
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