Blitzcrank vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Blitzcrank
based on 2,114 Blitzcrank vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Blitzcrank vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank against Gangplank
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
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!
Blitzcrank vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Blitzcrank in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several important Blitzcrank vs. Gangplank matchup statistics that can help you interpret the distinctions between these two champs. Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gangplank’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Blitzcrank may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gangplank. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Blitzcrank typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Gangplank. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Blitzcrank and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Blitzcrank or Gangplank?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Blitzcrank usually wins when taking on Gangplank, with a 52.5% win rate. Thus, Blitzcrank makes a good counter to Gangplank.
While Blitzcrank does have a higher winrate compared to Gangplank, when facing one another, Blitzcrank also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Blitzcrank into Gangplank.
Moreover, Blitzcrank has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gangplank. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Blitzcrank vs Gangplank matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Blitzcrank is a good counter to Gangplank. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Blitzcrank against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Blitzcrank 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Blitzcrank usually picks up a lot less CS relative to Gangplank. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Blitzcrank versus Gangplank build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Blitzcrank combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Gangplank than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Blitzcrank boasted an average win rate of 52.5% when countering Gangplank with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Gangplank as Blitzcrank, you should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Blitzcrank vs Gangplank counter picks, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.5% winrate overall.
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