Veigar vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Veigar
based on 1,854 Veigar vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Veigar vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Veigar vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Veigar
Tips for Playing as Veigar against Gangplank
Veigar is extremely Mana and Cooldown Reduction dependent. Try buying items with these stats in order to increase the effectiveness of your passive and Baleful Strike.
Veigar is very fragile. It is valuable to select at least one summoner spell that can be used defensively.
Use Event Horizon to increase your chances of landing Dark Matter.
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!
Veigar vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Veigar in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some vital Veigar versus Gangplank counter stats that can help you understand the differences between the pair. As an example, Veigar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gangplank’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Veigar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gangplank..
Veigar often has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he receives less damage than Gangplank. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Veigar and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Veigar or Gangplank?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Veigar usually fairs equally well when facing off against Gangplank, with a 49.6% win rate. Therefore, Veigar makes an ok counter for Gangplank.
While Veigar does have a lower win rate than Gangplank, when they face off with one another, Veigar also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Veigar into Gangplankas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Veigar also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gangplank. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Veigar vs Gangplank matchups, Gangplank is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Veigar is a somewhat poor counter to Gangplank. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Veigar against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Veigar in order to counter Gangplank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Veigar typically picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Gangplank. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Veigar versus Gangplank build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Veigar bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Gangplank than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Veigar boasted an average winrate of 49.6% when playing against Gangplank with this counter build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Gangplank as Veigar, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Veigar vs Gangplank counters, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.6% winrate overall.
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