Gangplank vs Elise
How to Beat Elise as Gangplank
based on 404 Gangplank vs Elise matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Elise Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Elise Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Elise as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Elise
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 Elise
Rappel has a long cooldown. Elise is vulnerable after she has used it.
Elise's Spider Form is more dangerous when you are at low health, and her Human Form more potent when you are at high health.
Rappel will only move Elise straight up and down unless she can descend upon an enemy unit.
Gangplank vs Elise Counter Stats
How to Counter Elise with Gangplank in LoL
The stats provided here feature several vital Gangplank vs. Elise counter statistics that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. As an example, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Elise’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Elise..
Gangplank usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Elise. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gangplank and Elise
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Elise?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gangplank usually wins when playing against Elise, with a 55.2% win rate. Thus, Gangplank makes a fantastic counter to Elise.
While Gangplank does have a much higher winrate compared to Elise, when on opposite teams, Gangplank also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Gangplank into Eliseas his relative depth means that 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 utility and CC, a similar amount to Elise. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Elise matchups, Gangplank is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Gangplank is a great counter to Elise. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Gangplank against Elise.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank in order to counter Elise during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank typically accumulates much more CS as Elise. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Gangplank versus Elise build include Essence Reaver, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Elise than with most other common item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average winrate of 55.2% when playing against Elise with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating Elise 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 rune combinations players used for Gangplank vs Elise battles, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 55.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Elise as Gangplank are presented for every ranked division. To filter the statistics and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.