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How to Win Gangplank vs Trundle Counter MatchupGangplank is in the a tier of champions

Gangplank vs Trundle

How to Beat Trundle as Gangplank in LoLGangplank is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Trundle as Gangplank

based on 3,503 Gangplank vs Trundle matchups
Win Rate
45 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
6.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked LoL matches each week. In our dataset, Gangplank fought Trundle 3503 times. Having so many matchups for Gangplank versus Trundle gives us faith in our capability to provide informative data and a recommended build to suppress Trundle. This champion pairing is somewhat uncommon. Gangplank encounters Trundle in only 6.3% of his rounds.

Gangplank vs Trundle Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Gangplank does a awful job of countering Trundle. Typically, he wins a lowly 45.0% of games the champions battle each other in. In Gangplank versus Trundle matches, Gangplank’s team is 0.1% less expected to get first blood, implying that he probably won't get first blood versus Trundle.

Best Gangplank vs Trundle Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
SheenCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Gangplank Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterNavori QuickbladesThe Collector

Optional Items

Frozen HeartHubrisMortal ReminderSpear of Shojin

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Gangplank to level upq
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Second ability for Gangplank to level upe
>
Last skill for Gangplank to max outw

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
ResolveBone PlatingOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Gangplank's passive ability p
Gangplank's q ability q
Gangplank's w ability w
Gangplank's e ability e
Gangplank's ultimate ability r
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E
2
Q
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Trundle as Gangplank

Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Trundle

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 Trundle

Trundle is very powerful at location-based combat. Try to draw him off of his Frozen Domain.

Make sure to get out of his Pillar of Ice as quickly as possible, as it significantly slows you down.

Gangplank vs Trundle Counter Stats

Gangplank Image
Win Rate
45 %
VS
Win Rate
55 %
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6.3
< Kills >
5.9
6
< Deaths >
6.2
6.3
< Assists >
5.3
1.44
< Killing Sprees >
1.36
196
< Minions Killed >
152
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.49
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.86
16,762
< Physical Damage >
15,979
3,868
< Magic Damage >
2,320
4,612
< True Damage >
506
25,243
< Damage Dealt >
18,805
24,969
< Damage Taken >
37,540
13,772
< Gold Earned >
12,981
1.95
< Towers >
3.61
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.12
6,614
< Total Healing >
17,227
15,830
< Experience >
15,291
16
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
8
318
< Time Dealing CC >
338

How to Counter Trundle with Gangplank in LoL

The stats provided here show some critical Gangplank against Trundle counter stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Trundle’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Trundle..

Gangplank usually has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes less damage than Trundle. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Gangplank and Trundle

Damage Types Compared

Gangplank
Trundle
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Gangplank
Trundle

Who is Better, Gangplank or Trundle?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gangplank usually loses when facing off against Trundle, with a 45.0% win rate. As a result, Gangplank makes a poor counter to Trundle.

While Gangplank does have a much lower win rate compared to Trundle, when they face off with one another, Gangplank also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Gangplank into Trundleas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Gangplank also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Trundle. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Trundle matchups, Trundle is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Gangplank is a trash counter to Trundle. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Gangplank against Trundle.

Additional Information for Gangplank Players

How We Calculated Our Gangplank vs Trundle Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Trundle as Gangplank, we analyzed 3,503 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Trundle as Gangplank comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Gangplank in order to counter Trundle during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Gangplank typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Trundle. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to have in your Gangplank versus Trundle build include Bloodthirster, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Trundle than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average winrate of 45.0% when playing against Trundle with this build.

To have the best likelihood of annihilating Trundle as Gangplank, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Gangplank vs Trundle counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 45.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Trundle as Gangplank are displayed for all skill levels, merged. To scope the statistics and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu located at the top of this page.