Azir vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Azir
based on 971 Azir vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Azir vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Azir vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Azir
Tips for Playing as Azir against Gangplank
Be a bird!
In the lane, try to position your soldiers between the enemy's minions and the enemy champion. This way you can use them both to last hit and to project threat onto your lane opponent.
Be careful about putting down both of the soldiers stored by Arise! Unless you're going all-in, always have a soldier in your back pocket if you need to escape over a wall or if you misposition your other soldier and need damage now.
Think of Emperor's Divide as a defensive ability first and foremost. Use it when the enemy engages on you or your allies. Remember that your team can walk through the soldiers summoned by Emperor's Divide and use this to your advantage when enemy melee champions engage on you.
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!
Azir vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Azir in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several important Azir versus Gangplank matchup statistics that may help us realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Azir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gangplank’s ratio of NaN, showing that Azir may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Gangplank..
Azir normally has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Gangplank. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Azir and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Azir or Gangplank?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Azir usually fairs equally well when taking on Gangplank, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Azir makes an ok counter for Gangplank.
While Azir does have a higher win rate than Gangplank, when on opposite teams, Azir also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Azir into Gangplankas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Azir has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gangplank. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Azir vs Gangplank matchups, Azir is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Azir is a decent counter to Gangplank. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Azir against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Azir in order to counter Gangplank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Azir on average accumulates a similar amount of CS as Gangplank. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Azir versus Gangplank build include Nashor's Tooth, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Azir bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Gangplank than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Azir boasted an average win rate of 50.8% when playing against Gangplank with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of defeating Gangplank as Azir, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Azir vs Gangplank counters, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.8% winrate overall.
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