Gangplank vs Brand
How to Beat Brand as Gangplank
based on 3,230 Gangplank vs Brand matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Brand Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Brand Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Brand as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Brand
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 Brand
Brand's passive allows him to excel against teams that cluster together. Be sure to split up against him.
Brand must land an ability before his combo is able to get started. Dodging his Sear or Pillar of Flame will disrupt his rhythm.
Try to move away from allies when you see Pyroclasm being cast. The initial missile speed is slow, which should give your team time to react.
Gangplank vs Brand Counter Stats
How to Counter Brand with Gangplank in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several valuable Gangplank against Brand counter stats that may help us grasp the distinctions between this pair of champs. Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Brand’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Brand..
Gangplank typically has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Brand. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gangplank and Brand
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Brand?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gangplank usually loses when playing against Brand, with a 46.5% win rate. Therefore, Gangplank makes a poor counter for Brand.
While Gangplank does have a lower winrate compared to Brand, when on opposite teams, Gangplank also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Gangplank into Brandas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Gangplank also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Brand. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Brand matchups, Brand is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Gangplank is a terribly counter to Brand. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Gangplank against Brand.
Other Champion Matchups Against Gangplank
Additional Information for Gangplank Players
How We Calculated Our Gangplank vs Brand Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gangplank to counter Brand during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank often racks up much more CS compared to Brand. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Gangplank versus Brand build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Essence Reaver, and Navori Quickblades. When Gangplank used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Brand than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average winrate of 46.5% when countering Brand with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Brand 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 we have analyed for Gangplank vs Brand counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.5% winrate overall.
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