Gangplank vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Gangplank
based on 970 Gangplank vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Alistar
Try placing Cannon Barrage on the path of escape to cut off fleeing enemies.
Parrrley applies On Hit effects like Frozen Mallet or Black Cleaver.
Paying attention to low-health enemies on the map can land you a surprise kill with Cannon Barrage.
Advice to Win Against Alistar
Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.
When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.
Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.
Gangplank vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Gangplank in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some influential Gangplank versus Alistar counter statistics that can help you explain the differences between the two. As an example, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Alistar. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Gangplank often has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Alistar. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet 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 Gangplank and Alistar
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Alistar?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gangplank usually loses when facing off against Alistar, with a 47.3% win rate. Therefore, Gangplank makes a poor counter for Alistar.
While Gangplank does have a lower winrate than Alistar, when on opposite teams, Gangplank also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Gangplank into Alistaras his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Gangplank has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Alistar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Alistar matchups, Alistar is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Gangplank is a garbage counter to Alistar. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Gangplank against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gangplank in order to counter Alistar 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 tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank typically picks up much more CS compared to Alistar. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Gangplank versus Alistar build consist of Essence Reaver, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Alistar than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average winrate of 47.3% battling Alistar with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of beating Alistar as Gangplank, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Gangplank vs Alistar face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.3% winrate overall.
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