Vladimir vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Vladimir
based on 1,780 Vladimir vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vladimir vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Vladimir vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Vladimir
Tips for Playing as Vladimir against Gangplank
Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.
Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.
Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.
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!
Vladimir vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Vladimir in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some critical Vladimir against Gangplank counter stats that may help us grasp the differences between the pair. As an example, Vladimir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gangplank’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vladimir may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Gangplank..
Vladimir often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Gangplank. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vladimir and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Vladimir or Gangplank?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vladimir usually wins when facing off against Gangplank, with a 51.4% win rate. As a result, Vladimir makes a good counter to Gangplank.
While Vladimir does have a higher winrate than Gangplank, when they face off with one another, Vladimir also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vladimir into Gangplankas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vladimir also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gangplank. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vladimir vs Gangplank matchups, Vladimir is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Vladimir is a decent counter to Gangplank. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Vladimir against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Vladimir to counter Gangplank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vladimir often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Gangplank. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Vladimir versus Gangplank build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Cosmic Drive, and Stormsurge. When Vladimir incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Gangplank than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Vladimir boasted an average win rate of 51.4% battling Gangplank with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Gangplank as Vladimir, Vladimir players should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Vladimir vs Gangplank fights, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.4% win rate overall.
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