Gangplank vs Rek'Sai
How to Beat Rek'Sai as Gangplank
based on 330 Gangplank vs Rek'Sai matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Rek'Sai Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Rek'Sai Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rek'Sai as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Rek'Sai
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 Rek'Sai
When Rek'Sai is near, she can see the position of you and your allies, but only if you're moving.
If you see one of Rek'Sai's tunnels, briefly stand on one of the entrances to destroy it.
Rek'Sai's Furious Bite gains damage as she builds Fury. Be very careful around her when her Fury is full.
Gangplank vs Rek'Sai Counter Stats
How to Counter Rek'Sai with Gangplank in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some vital Gangplank against Rek'Sai matchup stats that may help us distinguish the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Rek'Sai..
Gangplank typically has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Rek'Sai. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gangplank and Rek'Sai
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Rek'Sai?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gangplank usually loses when facing off against Rek'Sai, with a 48.8% win rate. Therefore, Gangplank makes a bad counter for Rek'Sai.
While Gangplank does have a lower win rate than Rek'Sai, when facing one another, Gangplank also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Gangplank into Rek'Saias his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Gangplank also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rek'Sai. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Rek'Sai matchups, Rek'Sai is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Gangplank is a somewhat poor counter for Rek'Sai. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Gangplank against Rek'Sai.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gangplank to counter Rek'Sai during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank most often gets much more CS compared to Rek'Sai. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Gangplank versus Rek'Sai build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Essence Reaver, and The Collector. When Gangplank included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Rek'Sai than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average win rate of 48.8% battling Rek'Sai with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing Rek'Sai as Gangplank, Gangplank players 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 rune combinations players used for Gangplank vs Rek'Sai counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.8% winrate overall.
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