Gangplank vs Morgana
How to Beat Morgana as Gangplank
based on 2,755 Gangplank vs Morgana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Morgana Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Morgana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Morgana as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Morgana
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 Morgana
Tormented Shadow deals tons of damage to units missing large amounts of Health. When low on Health, be wary of Morgana's attempts to trap you within its reach.
Black Shield makes Morgana immune to disabling effects, but can be broken with magic damage.
Morgana often needs to land Dark Binding to setup her other attacks. Use your minions as shields against Dark Binding.
Gangplank vs Morgana Counter Stats
How to Counter Morgana with Gangplank in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some significant Gangplank against Morgana counter statistics that may help us figure out the differences between the two. Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Morgana’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Morgana..
Gangplank often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Morgana. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gangplank and Morgana
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Morgana?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gangplank usually loses when taking on Morgana, with a 47.4% win rate. As a result, Gangplank makes a bad counter to Morgana.
While Gangplank does have a lower winrate compared to Morgana, when facing one another, Gangplank also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Gangplank into Morganaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Gangplank has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Morgana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Morgana matchups, Morgana is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Gangplank is a bad counter for Morgana. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Gangplank against Morgana.
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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 Morgana during both the lane 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 mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank on average accumulates much more CS compared to Morgana. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Gangplank versus Morgana build include Bloodthirster, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Morgana than with many other typical builds. In fact, Gangplank had an average win rate of 47.4% when countering Morgana with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Morgana as Gangplank, you should take 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 rune builds that we analyzed for Gangplank vs Morgana clashes, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.4% winrate overall.
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