Gangplank vs Zeri
How to Beat Zeri as Gangplank
based on 567 Gangplank vs Zeri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Zeri Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Zeri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zeri as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Zeri
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.
Gangplank vs Zeri Counter Stats
How to Counter Zeri with Gangplank in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several significant Gangplank vs. Zeri counter stats that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zeri’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zeri..
Gangplank normally has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Zeri. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gangplank and Zeri
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Zeri?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gangplank usually wins when taking on Zeri, with a 51.5% win rate. Thus, Gangplank makes a good counter to Zeri.
While Gangplank does have a higher winrate compared to Zeri, when facing one another, Gangplank also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Gangplank into Zerias his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Gangplank has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zeri. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Zeri matchups, Gangplank is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Gangplank is a decent counter to Zeri. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Gangplank against Zeri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank to counter Zeri during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank typically gets a similar amount of CS relative to Zeri. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Gangplank versus Zeri build include Essence Reaver, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Zeri than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average winrate of 51.5% when playing against Zeri with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating Zeri as Gangplank, Gangplank players 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 runes players used for Gangplank vs Zeri battles, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.5% winrate overall.
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