Gangplank vs Aphelios
How to Beat Aphelios as Gangplank
based on 1,306 Gangplank vs Aphelios matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Aphelios Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Aphelios Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Aphelios
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 Aphelios
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different weaknesses, try to exploit the ones that work best for your champion. Watch out for the purple Gravity gun, it can root you.
Gangplank vs Aphelios Counter Stats
How to Counter Aphelios with Gangplank in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several valuable Gangplank versus Aphelios counter statistics that may help you appreciate the differences between the pair. For instance, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Aphelios’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Aphelios..
Gangplank often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Aphelios. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gangplank and Aphelios
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Aphelios?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gangplank usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Aphelios, with a 50.6% win rate. Thus, Gangplank makes an ok counter to Aphelios.
While Gangplank does have a higher winrate compared to Aphelios, when facing one another, Gangplank also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Gangplank into Apheliosas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Gangplank has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aphelios. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Aphelios matchups, Gangplank is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Gangplank is a decent counter to Aphelios. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Gangplank against Aphelios.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gangplank in order to counter Aphelios during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Aphelios. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Gangplank versus Aphelios build include Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and The Collector. When Gangplank bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Aphelios than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Gangplank had an average win rate of 50.6% when playing against Aphelios with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Aphelios as Gangplank, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Gangplank vs Aphelios LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.6% winrate overall.
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