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How to Win Garen vs Gangplank Counter MatchupGaren is in the b tier of champions

Garen vs Gangplank

How to Beat Gangplank as Garen in LoLGaren is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Gangplank as Garen

based on 1,800 Garen vs Gangplank matchups
Win Rate
49.7 %
K/D/A
2.06
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked LoL matches every week. Within our data, Garen faced off against Gangplank 1800 times. Having so many matchups for Garen vs Gangplank gives us confidence in our capacity to produce actionable data and a pro build to defeat your enemy. This particular counter matchup is somewhat rare. Garen fights Gangplank in only 1.3% of his matches.

Garen vs Gangplank Matchup Summary

Garen has done a ok job of countering Gangplank. Typically, he wins a acceptable 49.7% of the time the champs face one another in. In Garen versus Gangplank games, Garen’s side is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood against Gangplank.

Best Garen vs Gangplank Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceDead Man's PlateStridebreaker

Optional Items

Phantom DancerSterak's GageForce of NatureSundered Sky

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Garen's passive ability p
Garen's q ability q
Garen's w ability w
Garen's e ability e
Garen's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
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E
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Gangplank

Garen is only constrained by cooldowns, making items such as Black Cleaver very effective for him.

Garen's regeneration greatly increases if he can avoid receiving damage for several seconds.

Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. For effective trading, try to position such that only the enemy champion is hit.

Advice to Win Against Gangplank

Parrrley deals a high amount of physical damage. Items that grant Armor can help if an enemy Gangplank is doing well.

Once Gangplank reaches level 6, watch out for his global-range ultimate, Cannon Barrage!

Garen vs Gangplank Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
49.7 %
VS
Win Rate
50.3 %
Gangplank Image
6.3
< Kills >
6.3
4.9
< Deaths >
5.9
3.8
< Assists >
6.2
1.46
< Killing Sprees >
1.45
186
< Minions Killed >
202
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.12
0.63
< Inhibitors >
0.45
14,018
< Physical Damage >
17,380
171
< Magic Damage >
3,711
4,771
< True Damage >
5,102
18,960
< Damage Dealt >
26,195
33,372
< Damage Taken >
25,378
12,622
< Gold Earned >
14,180
2.83
< Towers >
2.11
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
3,222
< Total Healing >
6,669
16,010
< Experience >
16,074
18
< Vision Score >
17
9
< Wards Placed >
9
146
< Time Dealing CC >
310

How to Counter Gangplank with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several significant Garen against Gangplank counter statistics that may help you interpret the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gangplank’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Gangplank..

Garen usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Gangplank. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Gangplank

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Gangplank
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Gangplank

Who is Better, Garen or Gangplank?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Garen usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Gangplank, with a 49.7% win rate. Therefore, Garen makes an ok counter for Gangplank.

While Garen does have a lower win rate compared to Gangplank, when they face off with one another, Garen also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Garen into Gangplank.

Furthermore, Garen has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gangplank. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Garen vs Gangplank matchups, Gangplank is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Garen is a somewhat poor counter to Gangplank. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Garen against Gangplank.

Other Champion Matchups Against Garen

Garen Loses Against

LilliaLillia43% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser43.5% winrateKayleKayle44.1% winrateTrundleTrundle44.7% winrate

Garen Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.1% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.9% winrateK'SanteK'Sante53.3% winrateEzrealEzreal53.2% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

BrandBrand+ 52.5% 8964 GamesNilahNilah+ 52.5% 1991 GamesKledKled+ 53.8% 262 GamesLilliaLillia+ 54.9% 7886 Games

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Gangplank Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Gangplank as Garen, we analyzed 1,800 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 Gangplank as Garen 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.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Garen to counter Gangplank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Gangplank. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The top items to have in your Garen versus Gangplank build consist of Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Stridebreaker. When Garen combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Gangplank than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Garen had an average winrate of 49.7% battling Gangplank with this build.

To have the highest probability of crushing Gangplank as Garen, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Garen vs Gangplank LoL games, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.7% winrate overall.

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