Gangplank vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Gangplank
based on 1,476 Gangplank vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Janna
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 Janna
Janna's at her strongest when buffing another ally. If you can harass her ally, it will weaken her ability to fight you.
Save an interrupt ability for when Janna uses her ultimate.
Listen for the charge up sound on Howling Gale in case Janna is trying to hit you with it from off screen or from brush.
Gangplank vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Gangplank in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some important Gangplank versus Janna counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Janna’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Janna. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Gangplank normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Janna. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gangplank and Janna
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Janna?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Gangplank usually loses when taking on Janna, with a 47.5% win rate. Therefore, Gangplank makes a poor counter for Janna.
While Gangplank does have a lower winrate compared to Janna, when facing one another, Gangplank also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Gangplank into Jannaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Gangplank also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Janna. 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 Janna matchups, Janna is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Gangplank is a garbage counter to Janna. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Gangplank against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gangplank to counter Janna during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank on average accumulates much more CS relative to Janna. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Gangplank versus Janna build include Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and The Collector. When Gangplank combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better versus Janna than with most other common item sets. In fact, Gangplank had an average win rate of 47.5% when playing against Janna with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Janna as Gangplank, Gangplank players should equip 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 builds players chose for Gangplank vs Janna face-offs, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.5% win rate overall.
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