Gangplank vs Leona
How to Beat Leona as Gangplank
based on 2,046 Gangplank vs Leona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Leona Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Leona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Leona as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Leona
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 Leona
When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.
Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.
Gangplank vs Leona Counter Stats
How to Counter Leona with Gangplank in LoL
The stats shown here show some vital Gangplank vs. Leona matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. As an example, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Leona’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Leona. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Gangplank normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Leona. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gangplank and Leona
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Leona?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gangplank usually loses when facing off against Leona, with a 47.0% win rate. Therefore, Gangplank makes a poor counter for Leona.
While Gangplank does have a lower win rate than Leona, when facing one another, Gangplank also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Gangplank into Leonaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Gangplank also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Leona. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Gangplank is a trash counter for Leona. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gangplank against Leona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gangplank in order to counter Leona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank often racks up much more CS as Leona. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Gangplank versus Leona build consist of Mortal Reminder, Essence Reaver, and The Collector. When Gangplank included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Leona than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Gangplank had an average winrate of 47.0% when playing against Leona with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Leona 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. Of all the rune builds players chose for Gangplank vs Leona clashes, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Leona as Gangplank are presented for all skill levels combined. To scope the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.