Gangplank vs Annie
How to Beat Annie as Gangplank
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Gangplank vs Annie Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Annie Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Annie as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Annie
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 Annie
Annie's summoned bear, Tibbers, burns opposing units around himself. Try to keep your distance from him after he's been summoned.
Keep an eye out for a white, swirling power around Annie. It means she's ready to unleash her stun.
Summoner Smite can be used to help take down Tibbers.
Gangplank vs Annie Counter Stats
How to Counter Annie with Gangplank in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several important Gangplank against Annie matchup statistics that may help you interpret the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Annie’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Annie..
Gangplank usually has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Annie. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gangplank and Annie
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Annie?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Gangplank usually fairs equally well when taking on Annie, with a 50.9% win rate. As a result, Gangplank makes an ok counter to Annie.
While Gangplank does have a higher win rate than Annie, when they face off with one another, Gangplank also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Gangplank into Annieas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Gangplank also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Annie. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Annie matchups, Gangplank is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Gangplank is a decent counter for Annie. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Gangplank against Annie.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank to counter Annie during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank on average gets a similar amount of CS as Annie. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Gangplank versus Annie build include Essence Reaver, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better versus Annie than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Gangplank had an average win rate of 50.9% battling Annie with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Annie as Gangplank, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Gangplank vs Annie face-offs, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.9% winrate overall.
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