Ashe vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Ashe
based on 3,593 Ashe vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ashe vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Ashe vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Ashe
Tips for Playing as Ashe against Gangplank
Hawkshot reveals units in brush. If a team fight is occuring in the jungle it can give you a significant advantage.
Volley arrows are blocked by the first enemy they hit, so keep your distance to avoid having them all absorbed by enemy frontliners.
Try to fire Enchanted Crystal Arrow in the same direction enemies are moving, so it is more likely to hit.
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!
Ashe vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Ashe in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several critical Ashe vs. Gangplank matchup statistics that may help us interpret the distinctions between the pair. Ashe’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gangplank’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ashe may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Gangplank..
Ashe usually has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Typically, she receives less damage than Gangplank. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ashe and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Ashe or Gangplank?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ashe usually fairs equally well when facing off against Gangplank, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Ashe makes an ok counter for Gangplank.
While Ashe does have a higher win rate compared to Gangplank, when facing one another, Ashe also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ashe into Gangplank.
Additionally, Ashe also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gangplank. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ashe vs Gangplank matchups, Ashe is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Ashe is a decent counter to Gangplank. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Ashe against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ashe in order to counter Gangplank during both the lane 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 pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ashe usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Gangplank. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Ashe versus Gangplank build include Wit's End, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Ashe used at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better vs Gangplank than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Ashe boasted an average winrate of 50.4% when playing against Gangplank with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Gangplank as Ashe, Ashe players should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Approach Velocity runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Ashe vs Gangplank counters, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.4% winrate overall.
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