Gangplank vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Gangplank
based on 404 Gangplank vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Nidalee
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 Nidalee
Nidalee's Javelin Toss deals more damage the farther she is. If she is far away, it's imperative to dodge it.
Nidalee's Takedown deals extreme damage to Hunted targets, but she has to get close to use it. Save your crowd control or defensive abilities for when she goes in for the kill.
Nidalee's Hunt debuff is only applied with Javelin Toss and Bushwhack. Avoiding being hit by these abilities will impair her ability to deal follow-up damage.
Gangplank vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Gangplank in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some influential Gangplank vs. Nidalee counter stats that can help you interpret the distinctions between the two. As an example, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nidalee’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nidalee..
Gangplank typically has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Nidalee. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gangplank and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Nidalee?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Gangplank usually wins when playing against Nidalee, with a 57.9% win rate. Thus, Gangplank makes a fantastic counter for Nidalee.
While Gangplank does have a much higher win rate than Nidalee, when on opposite teams, Gangplank also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Gangplank into Nidaleeas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Gangplank also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nidalee. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Nidalee matchups, Gangplank is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Gangplank is a great counter for Nidalee. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Gangplank against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank to counter Nidalee during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank typically accumulates much more CS compared to Nidalee. 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 well off of their skills, stats, 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 do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Gangplank versus Nidalee build include Essence Reaver, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Nidalee than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gangplank had an average winrate of 57.9% when countering Nidalee with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of defeating Nidalee as Gangplank, Gangplank players should take 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 sets players chose for Gangplank vs Nidalee counters, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 57.9% winrate overall.
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