Gangplank vs Maokai
How to Beat Maokai as Gangplank
based on 2,239 Gangplank vs Maokai matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Maokai Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Maokai as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Maokai
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 Maokai
The cooldown on Maokai's self healing is heavily gated on how many time you hit him with spells. Careful about wasting abilities on him.
Maokai will avoid taking damage while he's using Twisted Advance, so don't waste your spells.
Saplings will chase the first enemy that gets too close, but detonate after a few seconds or if they collide with other enemies. Be especially careful around brush sapling, as they are much more dangerous.
Gangplank vs Maokai Counter Stats
How to Counter Maokai with Gangplank in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some vital Gangplank against Maokai matchup stats that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Maokai’s ratio of NaN, showing that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Maokai. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Gangplank normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Maokai. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gangplank and Maokai
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Maokai?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gangplank usually loses when taking on Maokai, with a 45.8% win rate. Therefore, Gangplank makes a poor counter to Maokai.
While Gangplank does have a much lower winrate than Maokai, when on opposite teams, Gangplank also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Gangplank into Maokaias his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Gangplank also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Maokai. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Maokai matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Gangplank is a terribly counter to Maokai. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Gangplank against Maokai.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank in order to counter Maokai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank usually gets much more CS compared to Maokai. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Gangplank versus Maokai build include Mortal Reminder, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Maokai than with many other common item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average win rate of 45.8% when countering Maokai with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Maokai as Gangplank, Gangplank players 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 Maokai counterpicks, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 45.8% win rate overall.
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