Rakan vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Rakan
based on 1,632 Rakan vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rakan vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Rakan vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Rakan
Tips for Playing as Rakan against Gangplank
Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!
Danger is as fun as you let it be.
Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.
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!
Rakan vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Rakan in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some strategic Rakan versus Gangplank counter statistics that can help you understand the differences between this set of champs. As an example, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gangplank’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gangplank. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Rakan typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives less damage than Gangplank. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rakan and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Rakan or Gangplank?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rakan usually wins when playing against Gangplank, with a 51.7% win rate. Therefore, Rakan makes a good counter for Gangplank.
While Rakan does have a higher winrate than Gangplank, when facing one another, Rakan also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Rakan into Gangplank.
Furthermore, Rakan also has a lot 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 ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Gangplank matchups, Rakan is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Rakan is a decent counter for Gangplank. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rakan against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rakan in order 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 lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rakan usually picks up a lot less CS compared to Gangplank. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Rakan versus Gangplank build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Knight's Vow. When Rakan bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Gangplank than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Rakan had an average winrate of 51.7% when playing against Gangplank with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Gangplank as Rakan, Rakan players should equip the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Ultimate Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Rakan vs Gangplank counters, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Gangplank as Rakan are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.