Gangplank vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Gangplank
based on 3,346 Gangplank vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Akali
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 Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Gangplank vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Gangplank in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some significant Gangplank versus Akali counter statistics that can help you explain the differences between this set of champs. Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Akali’s ratio of NaN, showing that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Akali..
Gangplank usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Akali. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gangplank and Akali
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Akali?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gangplank usually fairs equally well when taking on Akali, with a 50.5% win rate. Therefore, Gangplank makes an ok counter for Akali.
While Gangplank does have a higher win rate than Akali, when they face off with one another, Gangplank also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Gangplank into Akalias his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Gangplank also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akali. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Akali matchups, Gangplank is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Gangplank is a decent counter to Akali. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gangplank against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank to counter Akali during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Akali. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have 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 focus on in your Gangplank versus Akali build include Bloodthirster, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better against Akali than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Gangplank had an average winrate of 50.5% when playing against Akali with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Akali as Gangplank, Gangplank players should equip 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 rune builds that we analyzed for Gangplank vs Akali face-offs, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.5% win rate overall.
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