Gangplank vs Tristana
How to Beat Tristana as Gangplank
based on 1,664 Gangplank vs Tristana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Tristana Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Tristana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tristana as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Tristana
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 Tristana
Stand away from your creeps in a lane to take less collateral damage from Explosive Charge.
If you see Tristana activate Rapid Fire in a fight, stun her and try to back off until the spell dissipates.
Gangplank vs Tristana Counter Stats
How to Counter Tristana with Gangplank in LoL
The stats shown here feature some valuable Gangplank versus Tristana matchup statistics that can help us interpret the distinctions between the two. As an example, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Tristana’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Tristana..
Gangplank normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Tristana. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gangplank and Tristana
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Tristana?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gangplank usually wins when taking on Tristana, with a 51.9% win rate. Therefore, Gangplank makes a good counter for Tristana.
While Gangplank does have a higher win rate than Tristana, when on opposite teams, Gangplank also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Gangplank into Tristanaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Gangplank has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tristana. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Tristana matchups, Gangplank is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Gangplank is a decent counter for Tristana. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Gangplank against Tristana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank in order to counter Tristana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank on average accumulates a similar amount of CS as Tristana. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The best items to use in your Gangplank versus Tristana build consist of Mortal Reminder, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Tristana than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gangplank had an average winrate of 51.9% when countering Tristana with this counter build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Tristana as Gangplank, Gangplank players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Gangplank vs Tristana battles, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.9% win rate overall.
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