Galio vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Galio
based on 1,433 Galio vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Galio vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Galio vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Galio
Tips for Playing as Galio against Gangplank
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
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!
Galio vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Galio in LoL
The stats provided here feature several influential Galio vs. Gangplank matchup statistics that can help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Galio’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gangplank’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Galio may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gangplank..
Galio often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Gangplank. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Galio and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Galio or Gangplank?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Galio usually wins when trying to fight Gangplank, with a 51.6% win rate. Therefore, Galio makes a good counter for Gangplank.
While Galio does have a higher win rate than Gangplank, when they face off with one another, Galio also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Galio into Gangplank.
Moreover, Galio has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gangplank. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Galio vs Gangplank matchups, Galio is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Galio is a decent counter to Gangplank. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Galio against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Galio in order to counter Gangplank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn 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 that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Galio most often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Gangplank. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Galio versus Gangplank build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Galio combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Gangplank than with most other common builds. In fact, Galio had an average win rate of 51.6% when countering Gangplank with this counter build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Gangplank as Galio, Galio players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Galio vs Gangplank counters, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.6% win rate overall.
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