Yasuo vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Yasuo
based on 3,983 Yasuo vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Gangplank
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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!
Yasuo vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Yasuo in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some influential Yasuo versus Gangplank counter statistics that can help us interpret the differences between the pair. For instance, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gangplank’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Gangplank..
Yasuo typically has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Gangplank. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yasuo and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Gangplank?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Yasuo usually wins when taking on Gangplank, with a 51.0% win rate. Thus, Yasuo makes a good counter to Gangplank.
While Yasuo does have a higher winrate compared to Gangplank, when on opposite teams, Yasuo also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Yasuo into Gangplankas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Yasuo has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gangplank. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Gangplank matchups, Yasuo is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Yasuo is a decent counter for Gangplank. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Yasuo against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Yasuo 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo most often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Gangplank. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Yasuo versus Gangplank build consist of Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Yasuo incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Gangplank than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Yasuo had an average winrate of 51.0% when countering Gangplank with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Gangplank as Yasuo, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Yasuo vs Gangplank clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.0% winrate overall.
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