Gangplank vs Sylas
How to Beat Sylas as Gangplank
based on 1,840 Gangplank vs Sylas matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Sylas Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Sylas Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Sylas
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 Sylas
Try to fight Sylas when he isn't able to take your ultimate.
Sylas's healthbar can be deceptive, watch out for his Kingslayer!
Gangplank vs Sylas Counter Stats
How to Counter Sylas with Gangplank in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several important Gangplank against Sylas counter statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sylas’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Sylas..
Gangplank typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Sylas. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gangplank and Sylas
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Sylas?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gangplank usually wins when playing against Sylas, with a 51.0% win rate. Thus, Gangplank makes a good counter for Sylas.
While Gangplank does have a higher win rate than Sylas, when on opposite teams, Gangplank also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Gangplank into Sylasas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Gangplank also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sylas. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Sylas matchups, Gangplank is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Gangplank is a decent counter for Sylas. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Gangplank against Sylas.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank to counter Sylas during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank most often gets more CS as Sylas. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They 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 situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Gangplank versus Sylas build include Bloodthirster, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better versus Sylas than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average winrate of 51.0% when playing against Sylas with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Sylas as Gangplank, Gangplank players should equip 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 that we analyzed for Gangplank vs Sylas matchups, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.0% winrate overall.
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