Gangplank vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Gangplank
based on 1,604 Gangplank vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Bard
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 Bard
You can crush Bard's healing shrines just by walking over them. Don't let his allies take them without a fight.
Bard's ultimate, Tempered Fate, affects allies, enemies, monsters, and turrets alike. Sometimes it can be to your advantage to jump into it!
Bard's opponents can also travel through his Magical Journey doorways. You can follow him, if you think it's safe.
Gangplank vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Gangplank in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several valuable Gangplank against Bard counter statistics that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between this set of champions. For instance, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Bard’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Bard. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Gangplank usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Bard. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gangplank and Bard
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Bard?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gangplank usually loses when playing against Bard, with a 45.1% win rate. As a result, Gangplank makes a poor counter for Bard.
While Gangplank does have a much lower win rate compared to Bard, when on opposite teams, Gangplank also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Gangplank into Bardas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Gangplank has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Bard. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Bard matchups, Bard is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Gangplank is a bad counter to Bard. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Gangplank against Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gangplank to counter Bard during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank usually racks up much more CS as Bard. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Gangplank versus Bard build consist of Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and The Collector. When Gangplank combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Bard than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Gangplank had an average win rate of 45.1% when countering Bard with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Bard 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. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Gangplank vs Bard face-offs, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 45.1% win rate overall.
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