Gangplank vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Gangplank
based on 543 Gangplank vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Kalista
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 Kalista
Kalista's mobility is dependent upon attacking. This means it is low when she is outside of her attack range and that Attack Speed slows reduce the amount of distance she can cover in an engagement.
If you can break line of sight from Kalista, including through brush, her basic attacks will miss you, falling harmlessly to the ground.
Kalista cannot cancel her basic attack wind up. While she is very mobile, this offers a window to land spells on her if you anticipate when she will begin attacking.
Gangplank vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Gangplank in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some strategic Gangplank against Kalista counter stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kalista’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kalista..
Gangplank normally has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kalista. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gangplank and Kalista
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Kalista?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gangplank usually wins when facing off against Kalista, with a 51.4% win rate. Therefore, Gangplank makes a good counter for Kalista.
While Gangplank does have a higher win rate than Kalista, when they face off with one another, Gangplank also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Gangplank into Kalistaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Gangplank also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kalista. 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Kalista matchups, Gangplank is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Gangplank is a decent counter for Kalista. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gangplank against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank in order to counter Kalista during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank often gets a similar amount of CS as Kalista. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Gangplank versus Kalista build consist of Essence Reaver, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Kalista than with many other typical builds. In fact, Gangplank had an average win rate of 51.4% when playing against Kalista with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Kalista 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 chose for Gangplank vs Kalista LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.4% winrate overall.
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