Thresh vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Thresh
based on 2,199 Thresh vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Thresh vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Thresh vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Thresh
Tips for Playing as Thresh against Gangplank
Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.
Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.
Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.
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!
Thresh vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Thresh in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several influential Thresh against Gangplank counter stats that can help us understand the differences and similarities between these two champions. As an example, Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gangplank’s ratio of NaN, showing that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Gangplank. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Thresh typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Gangplank. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Thresh and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Thresh or Gangplank?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Thresh usually loses when facing off against Gangplank, with a 46.9% win rate. Thus, Thresh makes a poor counter for Gangplank.
While Thresh does have a lower winrate compared to Gangplank, when facing one another, Thresh also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Thresh into Gangplankas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Thresh has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gangplank. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Thresh vs Gangplank matchups, Gangplank is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Thresh is a terribly counter for Gangplank. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Thresh against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Thresh in order to counter Gangplank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Thresh most often gets a lot less CS as Gangplank. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Thresh versus Gangplank build include Thornmail, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Thresh used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Gangplank than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Thresh boasted an average winrate of 46.9% when playing against Gangplank with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Gangplank as Thresh, Thresh players should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Triple Tonic runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Thresh vs Gangplank counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.9% winrate overall.
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