Akali vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Akali
based on 3,346 Akali vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Gangplank
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
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!
Akali vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Akali in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several valuable Akali vs. Gangplank matchup statistics that can help us appreciate the distinctions between these two champions. For instance, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gangplank’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Gangplank..
Akali typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Gangplank. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akali and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Akali or Gangplank?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Akali usually fairs equally well when playing against Gangplank, with a 49.5% win rate. As a result, Akali makes an ok counter to Gangplank.
While Akali does have a lower win rate than Gangplank, when they face off with one another, Akali also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Akali into Gangplankas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Akali has only a small 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 isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Akali vs Gangplank matchups, Gangplank is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Akali is a somewhat poor counter to Gangplank. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Akali against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akali in order to counter Gangplank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Gangplank. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Akali versus Gangplank build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Shadowflame. When Akali used at least these three items in her build, she did much better when facing Gangplank than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Akali boasted an average winrate of 49.5% battling Gangplank with this build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Gangplank as Akali, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Akali vs Gangplank fights, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.5% winrate overall.
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