Gangplank vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Gangplank
based on 2,836 Gangplank vs Aatrox matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Aatrox Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aatrox as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Aatrox
Try placing Cannon Barrage on the path of escape to cut off fleeing enemies.
Parrrley applies On Hit effects like Frozen Mallet or Black Cleaver.
Paying attention to low-health enemies on the map can land you a surprise kill with Cannon Barrage.
Advice to Win Against Aatrox
Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
Gangplank vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Gangplank in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some strategic Gangplank versus Aatrox counter statistics that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aatrox’s ratio of NaN, showing that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Aatrox..
Gangplank usually has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Aatrox. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gangplank and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Aatrox?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Gangplank usually loses when taking on Aatrox, with a 48.3% win rate. Thus, Gangplank makes a poor counter for Aatrox.
While Gangplank does have a lower win rate than Aatrox, when facing one another, Gangplank also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Gangplank into Aatroxas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Gangplank also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aatrox. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Aatrox matchups, Aatrox is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Gangplank is a somewhat poor counter to Aatrox. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Gangplank against Aatrox.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank in order to counter Aatrox during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank often picks up a similar amount of CS as Aatrox. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, 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, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Gangplank versus Aatrox build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Essence Reaver, and Navori Quickblades. When Gangplank incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Aatrox than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average win rate of 48.3% battling Aatrox with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Aatrox as Gangplank, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Gangplank vs Aatrox counter picks, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.3% winrate overall.
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