Gangplank vs Thresh
How to Beat Thresh as Gangplank
based on 2,199 Gangplank vs Thresh matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Thresh Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Thresh as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Thresh
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 Thresh
Intentionally breaking a wall of The Box can allow a vulnerable ally to escape unscathed.
Thresh's Death Sentence has a long cast time. Watch for the cast to begin to take evasive actions.
Thresh relies on collecting souls for a portion of his defense and damage. Try punishing him when he moves to collect them.
Gangplank vs Thresh Counter Stats
How to Counter Thresh with Gangplank in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several critical Gangplank vs. Thresh counter stats that may help you figure out the differences between the two. As an example, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Thresh’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Thresh. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Gangplank usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Thresh. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gangplank and Thresh
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Thresh?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gangplank usually wins when playing against Thresh, with a 53.1% win rate. Thus, Gangplank makes a great counter to Thresh.
While Gangplank does have a higher win rate than Thresh, when facing one another, Gangplank also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Gangplank into Threshas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Gangplank also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Thresh. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Thresh 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 Thresh. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gangplank against Thresh.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank to counter Thresh during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank usually gets much more CS compared to Thresh. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to have in your Gangplank versus Thresh build include Essence Reaver, Immortal Shieldbow, and Navori Quickblades. When Gangplank combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Thresh than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average winrate of 53.1% when playing against Thresh with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing Thresh 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 builds players picked for Gangplank vs Thresh face-offs, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.1% win rate overall.
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