Karma vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Karma
based on 1,578 Karma vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Karma vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Karma vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Karma
Tips for Playing as Karma against Gangplank
Don't be too conservative with Mantra. Gathering Fire is strongest in teamfights, making it easy to recharge Mantra multiple times.
Gathering Fire rewards aggressive play. Look to land abilities and basic attacks on your opponent to lower Mantra's cooldown and stay on the offensive.
When using Focused Resolve, slow your opponents with Inner Flame or speed yourself up with Inspire if you're having trouble sticking to a target.
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!
Karma vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Karma in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several important Karma versus Gangplank counter statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. For instance, Karma’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gangplank’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Karma may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Gangplank. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Karma normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Gangplank. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Karma and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Karma or Gangplank?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Karma usually fairs equally well when facing off against Gangplank, with a 49.6% win rate. Therefore, Karma makes an ok counter for Gangplank.
While Karma does have a lower win rate compared to Gangplank, when on opposite teams, Karma also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Karma into Gangplank.
Moreover, Karma has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gangplank. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Karma vs Gangplank matchups, Gangplank is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Karma is a somewhat poor counter to Gangplank. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Karma against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Karma to counter Gangplank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Karma on average picks up less CS compared to Gangplank. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Karma versus Gangplank build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Ardent Censer, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Karma used at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better versus Gangplank than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Karma had an average win rate of 49.6% when countering Gangplank with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Gangplank as Karma, Karma players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Karma vs Gangplank clashes, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.6% win rate overall.
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