Briar vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Briar
based on 2,376 Briar vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Briar vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Briar vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Briar
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!
Briar vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Briar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several influential Briar versus Gangplank counter stats that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between these two champions. Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gangplank’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Gangplank..
Briar typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their matchup does. Commonly, they receives more damage than Gangplank. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Briar and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Briar or Gangplank?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Briar usually wins when taking on Gangplank, with a 52.3% win rate. Thus, Briar makes a good counter to Gangplank.
While Briar does have a higher win rate than Gangplank, when they face off with one another, Briar also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less complex character to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Briar into Gangplank.
Moreover, Briar has some 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 ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Briar vs Gangplank matchups, Briar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Briar is a good counter for Gangplank. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Briar against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Briar 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 listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Briar usually picks up a lot less CS compared to Gangplank. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Briar versus Gangplank build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and The Collector. When Briar incorporated at least these three items in their build, they performed much better countering Gangplank than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Briar had an average winrate of 52.3% battling Gangplank with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Gangplank as Briar, Briar players should equip the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Briar vs Gangplank fights, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Gangplank as Briar are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to an individual rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.