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Bard vs Gangplank

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How to Beat Gangplank as Bard

based on 1,604 Bard vs Gangplank matchups
Win Rate
54.9 %
K/D/A
3.33
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup stats from the millions of rated League of Legends rounds that we analyze each week. Our guide on how to beat Gangplank as Bard came out of an evaluation of 1604 ranked matches where both champs faced one another. This counter matchup is fairly rare. Bard fights Gangplank in only 1.5% of his rounds.

Bard vs Gangplank Matchup Summary

Bard does a great job of beating Gangplank. Normally, he wins a whopping 54.9% of matches the champs face each other in. In Bard versus Gangplank games, Bard’s team is 0.1% more expected to get first blood. This implies that he probably will be able to get first blood against Gangplank.

Best Bard vs Gangplank Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Bard Items

~22 Mins
Kaenic RookernFrozen HeartImperial Mandate

Optional Items

Locket of the Iron SolariKnight's VowBloodsongTrailblazer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Bard to level upq
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Second ability for Bard to level upw
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Last skill for Bard to max oute

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedArmorHealth Scaling
Bard's passive ability p
Bard's q ability q
Bard's w ability w
Bard's e ability e
Bard's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Bard

Tips for Playing as Bard against Gangplank

Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!

Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.

It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.

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!

Bard vs Gangplank Counter Stats

Bard Image
Win Rate
54.9 %
VS
Win Rate
45.1 %
Gangplank Image
2.8
< Kills >
6.1
5.2
< Deaths >
6.6
14.5
< Assists >
6.3
0.59
< Killing Sprees >
1.41
31
< Minions Killed >
199
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.41
3,022
< Physical Damage >
17,012
8,143
< Magic Damage >
4,000
1,078
< True Damage >
4,992
12,244
< Damage Dealt >
26,005
22,819
< Damage Taken >
26,546
9,307
< Gold Earned >
13,974
1.86
< Towers >
2.06
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
7,083
< Total Healing >
6,835
11,937
< Experience >
15,857
66
< Vision Score >
17
28
< Wards Placed >
8
494
< Time Dealing CC >
313

How to Counter Gangplank with Bard in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several valuable Bard vs. Gangplank counter stats that can help you appreciate the differences between the pair. For instance, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gangplank’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Gangplank. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Bard usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Gangplank. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Bard and Gangplank

Damage Types Compared

Bard
Gangplank
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Bard
Gangplank

Who is Better, Bard or Gangplank?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Bard usually wins when trying to fight Gangplank, with a 54.9% win rate. As a result, Bard makes a great counter to Gangplank.

While Bard does have a much higher win rate compared to Gangplank, when they face off with one another, Bard also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Bard into Gangplankas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Bard also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gangplank. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Bard vs Gangplank matchups, Bard is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Bard is a great counter to Gangplank. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Bard against Gangplank.

Additional Information for Bard Players

How We Calculated Our Bard vs Gangplank Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Gangplank as Bard, we analyzed 1,604 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Gangplank as Bard comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Bard to counter Gangplank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Bard on average racks up a lot less CS as Gangplank. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Bard versus Gangplank build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Gangplank than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Bard had an average win rate of 54.9% battling Gangplank with this build.

To have the greatest probability of defeating Gangplank as Bard, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Bard vs Gangplank counters, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 54.9% winrate overall.

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