Gangplank vs Gragas
How to Beat Gragas as Gangplank
based on 947 Gangplank vs Gragas matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Gragas Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Gragas Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gragas as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Gragas
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 Gragas
Body Slam is on a very low cooldown, making it difficult to pursue Gragas. Don't overextend yourself chasing him.
Gragas can knock everybody away with his ultimate. Be careful that you don't get knocked into him or, worse, an enemy tower.
Gangplank vs Gragas Counter Stats
How to Counter Gragas with Gangplank in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some strategic Gangplank versus Gragas counter statistics that may help us understand the distinctions between the pair. Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gragas’s ratio of NaN, showing that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Gragas..
Gangplank often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Gragas. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gangplank and Gragas
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Gragas?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gangplank usually fairs equally well when playing against Gragas, with a 49.1% win rate. Therefore, Gangplank makes an ok counter for Gragas.
While Gangplank does have a lower winrate than Gragas, when on opposite teams, Gangplank also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to learn. You should be careful when picking Gangplank into Gragasas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Gangplank has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gragas. 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 in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Gragas matchups, Gragas is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Gangplank is a somewhat poor counter for Gragas. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Gangplank against Gragas.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank to counter Gragas during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank often accumulates more CS as Gragas. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Gangplank versus Gragas build include Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and Navori Quickblades. When Gangplank incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Gragas than with many other typical builds. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average win rate of 49.1% battling Gragas with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Gragas as Gangplank, Gangplank players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Gangplank vs Gragas LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.1% win rate overall.
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