Gangplank vs Naafiri
How to Beat Naafiri as Gangplank
based on 728 Gangplank vs Naafiri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Naafiri Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Naafiri as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Naafiri
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 Naafiri Counter Stats
How to Counter Naafiri with Gangplank in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some important Gangplank against Naafiri matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences between this set of champions. For instance, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Naafiri’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Naafiri..
Gangplank often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Naafiri. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gangplank and Naafiri
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Naafiri?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gangplank usually loses when taking on Naafiri, with a 43.1% win rate. Therefore, Gangplank makes a bad counter for Naafiri.
While Gangplank does have a much lower win rate compared to Naafiri, when facing one another, Gangplank also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Gangplank into Naafirias his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Gangplank also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Naafiri. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Naafiri matchups, Naafiri 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 teamfights.
Gangplank is a garbage counter to Naafiri. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Gangplank against Naafiri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gangplank to counter Naafiri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank usually accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Naafiri. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Gangplank versus Naafiri build consist of Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and Navori Quickblades. When Gangplank included at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Naafiri than with most other common item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average winrate of 43.1% battling Naafiri with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Naafiri 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 runes we have analyed for Gangplank vs Naafiri matchups, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 43.1% winrate overall.
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