Parrrley applies On Hit effects like Frozen Mallet or Black Cleaver.
Try placing Cannon Barrage on the path of escape to cut off fleeing enemies.
Paying attention to low-health enemies on the map can land you a surprise kill with Cannon Barrage.
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several vital Gangplank versus Volibear counter stats that may help us appreciate the differences between the two. For instance, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Volibear’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Volibear..
Gangplank often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he receives less damage than Volibear. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gangplank usually loses when facing off against Volibear, with a 46.7% win rate. Thus, Gangplank makes a bad counter for Volibear.
While Gangplank does have a lower winrate than Volibear, when on opposite teams, Gangplank also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Gangplank into Volibearas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Gangplank has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Volibear. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Volibear matchups, Volibear is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Gangplank is a bad counter to Volibear. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Gangplank against Volibear.
To truly master Gangplank to counter Volibear 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 mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank usually picks up more CS relative to Volibear. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Gangplank versus Volibear build include Prowler's Claw, Lord Dominik's Regards, and The Collector. When Gangplank combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Volibear than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Gangplank had an average win rate of 46.7% when countering Volibear with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Volibear as Gangplank, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Time Warp Tonic, Transcendence, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Gangplank vs Volibear battles, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.7% winrate overall.
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