Xayah vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Xayah
based on 832 Xayah vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Gangplank
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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!
Xayah vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Xayah in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some vital Xayah versus Gangplank matchup statistics that may help us interpret the differences between the two. As an example, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gangplank’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Gangplank..
Xayah often has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Gangplank. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xayah and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Xayah or Gangplank?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xayah usually loses when trying to fight Gangplank, with a 46.9% win rate. As a result, Xayah makes a poor counter to Gangplank.
While Xayah does have a lower win rate than Gangplank, when on opposite teams, Xayah also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult champion to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Xayah into Gangplank.
Additionally, Xayah also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gangplank. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Xayah 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 allied champions during late stage team fights.
Xayah is a terribly counter for Gangplank. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xayah against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xayah 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah typically gets a similar amount of CS as Gangplank. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Xayah versus Gangplank build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah used at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better vs Gangplank than with many other common builds. In fact, Xayah had an average winrate of 46.9% when playing against Gangplank with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Gangplank as Xayah, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Xayah vs Gangplank LoL games, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.9% winrate overall.
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