Gangplank vs Rengar
How to Beat Rengar as Gangplank
based on 2,041 Gangplank vs Rengar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Rengar Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Rengar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rengar as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Rengar
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 Rengar
Rengar's passive enables him to leap out of brush, so avoid fighting him when near bushes.
Rengar puts an indicator over the nearest enemy champion when he is camouflaged during his ultimate.
Rengar gains an empowered ability when his resource bar is full. Try to confront him when it's low.
Gangplank vs Rengar Counter Stats
How to Counter Rengar with Gangplank in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some important Gangplank versus Rengar counter stats that can help you grasp the differences between the two. As an example, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rengar’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Rengar..
Gangplank normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Rengar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gangplank and Rengar
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Rengar?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Gangplank usually loses when facing off against Rengar, with a 47.8% win rate. Thus, Gangplank makes a bad counter to Rengar.
While Gangplank does have a lower winrate compared to Rengar, when on opposite teams, Gangplank also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Gangplank into Rengaras his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Gangplank also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rengar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Rengar matchups, Rengar 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 terribly counter for Rengar. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Gangplank against Rengar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gangplank in order to counter Rengar 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 listen to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank often accumulates much more CS compared to Rengar. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Gangplank versus Rengar build include Bloodthirster, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Rengar than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average win rate of 47.8% when countering Rengar with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Rengar as Gangplank, you should equip 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 sets we have analyed for Gangplank vs Rengar LoL games, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.8% winrate overall.
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