Lux vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Lux
based on 5,388 Lux vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Gangplank
If you have trouble landing Prismatic Barrier, remember that it returns to you after it reaches max range. Try positioning yourself to hit your allies with its return trip.
Lux has great zone control abilities. Try to set up Lucent Singularity to prevent an enemy's advance or escape.
Lucent Singularity is a great scouting tool. Try throwing it into brush before walking into it to check for ambushes.
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!
Lux vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Lux in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some strategic Lux vs. Gangplank matchup statistics that can help us explain the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gangplank’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Gangplank. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Lux typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. On average, she receives less damage than Gangplank. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lux and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Lux or Gangplank?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lux usually fairs equally well when playing against Gangplank, with a 50.0% win rate. Therefore, Lux makes an ok counter to Gangplank.
While Lux does have a higher winrate compared to Gangplank, when on opposite teams, Lux also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Lux into Gangplank.
Furthermore, Lux also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gangplank. This 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 in League of Legends, in Lux 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 team members during teamfights.
Lux is a decent counter for Gangplank. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lux against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Lux to counter Gangplank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux typically accumulates less CS relative to Gangplank. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Lux versus Gangplank build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Luden's Companion. When Lux combined at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs Gangplank than with most other typical builds. In fact, Lux had an average winrate of 50.0% when playing against Gangplank with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating Gangplank as Lux, Lux players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Lux vs Gangplank LoL games, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.0% winrate overall.
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