Nasus vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Nasus
based on 1,404 Nasus vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Gangplank
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
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!
Nasus vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Nasus in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several valuable Nasus vs. Gangplank counter statistics that can help you figure out the distinctions between the two. As an example, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gangplank’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Gangplank..
Nasus normally has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Gangplank. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nasus and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Nasus or Gangplank?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nasus usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Gangplank, with a 49.1% win rate. Thus, Nasus makes an ok counter for Gangplank.
While Nasus does have a lower win rate compared to Gangplank, when on opposite teams, Nasus also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Nasus into Gangplank.
Furthermore, Nasus has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gangplank. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nasus 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 allies during team fights.
Nasus is a somewhat poor counter for Gangplank. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Nasus against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nasus in order to counter Gangplank during both the early game 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 stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Gangplank. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Nasus versus Gangplank build include Trinity Force, Frozen Heart, and Dead Man's Plate. When Nasus bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Gangplank than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Nasus had an average winrate of 49.1% when playing against Gangplank with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of crushing Gangplank as Nasus, Nasus players should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Nasus vs Gangplank fights, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Gangplank as Nasus are displayed for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.