Gangplank vs Karma
How to Beat Karma as Gangplank
based on 1,578 Gangplank vs Karma matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Karma Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Karma Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karma as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Karma
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 Karma
Focused Resolve is a strong disengage tool. Create distance to avoid being rooted and seek to engage afterwards.
Karma's Soulflare erupts for bonus damage in the area in which it's placed. React quickly and escape the circle to avoid taking heavy damage.
Karma's passive lowers her Mantra cooldown when she hits enemy champions with abilities and basic attacks. Deny her from getting free hits on you.
Gangplank vs Karma Counter Stats
How to Counter Karma with Gangplank in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some vital Gangplank versus Karma matchup statistics that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Karma’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Karma. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Gangplank typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Karma. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gangplank and Karma
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Karma?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gangplank usually fairs equally well when facing off against Karma, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Gangplank makes an ok counter for Karma.
While Gangplank does have a higher win rate than Karma, when facing one another, Gangplank also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Gangplank into Karmaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Gangplank has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Karma. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Karma matchups, Gangplank is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Gangplank is a decent counter for Karma. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Gangplank against Karma.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank to counter Karma during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank typically racks up more CS compared to Karma. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Gangplank versus Karma build include Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and Navori Quickblades. When Gangplank bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Karma than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average win rate of 50.4% when countering Karma with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Karma 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 runes that we analyzed for Gangplank vs Karma matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.4% win rate overall.
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