Gangplank vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Gangplank
based on 832 Gangplank vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Xayah
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 Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Gangplank vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Gangplank in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several valuable Gangplank versus Xayah matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xayah’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Xayah..
Gangplank normally has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Xayah. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gangplank and Xayah
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Xayah?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Gangplank usually wins when playing against Xayah, with a 53.1% win rate. As a result, Gangplank makes a great counter to Xayah.
While Gangplank does have a higher winrate compared to Xayah, when they face off with one another, Gangplank also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Gangplank into Xayahas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Gangplank has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xayah. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Xayah 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 allied champions during teamfights.
Gangplank is a great counter to Xayah. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Gangplank against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gangplank in order to counter Xayah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Xayah. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Gangplank versus Xayah build include Bloodthirster, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Xayah than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average winrate of 53.1% battling Xayah with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Xayah as Gangplank, you should take 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 players chose for Gangplank vs Xayah face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.1% winrate overall.
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