Gangplank vs Lillia
How to Beat Lillia as Gangplank
based on 3,314 Gangplank vs Lillia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Lillia Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Lillia Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Gangplank Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Lillia as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Lillia
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.
Gangplank vs Lillia Counter Stats
How to Counter Lillia with Gangplank in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several important Gangplank versus Lillia matchup statistics that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lillia’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Lillia..
Gangplank often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes less damage than Lillia. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gangplank and Lillia
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Gangplank or Lillia?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gangplank usually loses when taking on Lillia, with a 46.1% win rate. Therefore, Gangplank makes a poor counter for Lillia.
While Gangplank does have a lower winrate compared to Lillia, when they face off with one another, Gangplank also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Gangplank into Lilliaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Gangplank also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lillia. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Lillia matchups, Lillia is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Gangplank is a bad counter to Lillia. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gangplank against Lillia.
Other Champion Matchups Against Gangplank
Additional Information for Gangplank Players
How We Calculated Our Gangplank vs Lillia Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gangplank to counter Lillia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank most often gets much more CS as Lillia. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Gangplank versus Lillia build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Essence Reaver, and The Collector. When Gangplank included at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Lillia than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gangplank had an average win rate of 46.1% when countering Lillia with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Lillia as Gangplank, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Gangplank vs Lillia face-offs, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.1% win rate overall.
If you want to see Gangplank vs Lillia tips and builds for a an individual division, feel free to select one from the selection menu displayed above. By default, the statistics and guides displayed are computed using every match with data with both champions.