K'Sante vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as K'Sante
based on 879 K'Sante vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
K'Sante vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best K'Sante vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as K'Sante
Tips for Playing as K'Sante against Gangplank
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
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!
K'Sante vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with K'Sante in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some critical K'Sante vs. Gangplank counter stats that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the pair. As an example, K'Sante’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gangplank’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that K'Sante may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Gangplank..
K'Sante usually has a similar longest kill spree as their foe does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Gangplank. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between K'Sante and Gangplank
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Who is Better, K'Sante or Gangplank?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, K'Sante usually loses when facing off against Gangplank, with a 47.1% win rate. As a result, K'Sante makes a bad counter to Gangplank.
While K'Sante does have a lower win rate compared to Gangplank, when they face off with one another, K'Sante also has a greater learning curve that makes them a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking K'Sante into Gangplankas their relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, K'Sante also has some amount of CC and other utility, 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 isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in K'Sante vs Gangplank matchups, Gangplank is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
K'Sante is a terribly counter to Gangplank. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as K'Sante against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of K'Sante in order to counter Gangplank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
K'Sante usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Gangplank. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your K'Sante versus Gangplank build consist of Thornmail, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When K'Sante included at least these three pieces in their build, they performed much better versus Gangplank than with most other typical item sets. In fact, K'Sante had an average win rate of 47.1% battling Gangplank with this build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Gangplank as K'Sante, K'Sante players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for K'Sante vs Gangplank battles, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.1% win rate overall.
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