Gangplank vs Aurelion Sol
How to Beat Aurelion Sol as Gangplank
based on 850 Gangplank vs Aurelion Sol matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Aurelion Sol Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Aurelion Sol Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aurelion Sol as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Aurelion Sol
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 Aurelion Sol
He gains speed while chasing in a straight line, but taking damage makes him lose that momentum.
Try to get inside his orbit, since his stars can't hurt you up close.
His stars disappear while stunned or silenced, giving you an easy opportunity to fight him.
His Starsurge ability can grow to cover a huge area - don't stay in the same place too long!
Gangplank vs Aurelion Sol Counter Stats
How to Counter Aurelion Sol with Gangplank in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some significant Gangplank versus Aurelion Sol counter statistics that can help you figure out the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aurelion Sol’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Aurelion Sol..
Gangplank normally has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Aurelion Sol. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gangplank and Aurelion Sol
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Aurelion Sol?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gangplank usually loses when facing off against Aurelion Sol, with a 45.5% win rate. Thus, Gangplank makes a bad counter to Aurelion Sol.
While Gangplank does have a much lower winrate than Aurelion Sol, when on opposite teams, Gangplank also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Gangplank into Aurelion Solas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Gangplank also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aurelion Sol. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Aurelion Sol matchups, Aurelion Sol is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Gangplank is a bad counter for Aurelion Sol. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Gangplank against Aurelion Sol.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank in order to counter Aurelion Sol during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Aurelion Sol. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Gangplank versus Aurelion Sol build include Essence Reaver, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Aurelion Sol than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average win rate of 45.5% when playing against Aurelion Sol with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Aurelion Sol as Gangplank, Gangplank players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Gangplank vs Aurelion Sol counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 45.5% winrate overall.
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