Gangplank vs Galio
How to Beat Galio as Gangplank
based on 1,433 Gangplank vs Galio matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Galio Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Galio Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Galio as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Galio
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 Galio
Galio cannot traverse walls with Justice Punch.
Galio moves slower when he is charging Shield of Durand.
Hero's Entrance can be interrupted before Galio jumps into the air.
Gangplank vs Galio Counter Stats
How to Counter Galio with Gangplank in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several influential Gangplank versus Galio matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Galio’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Galio..
Gangplank often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Galio. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gangplank and Galio
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Galio?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gangplank usually loses when trying to fight Galio, with a 48.4% win rate. Thus, Gangplank makes a bad counter to Galio.
While Gangplank does have a lower winrate compared to Galio, when on opposite teams, Gangplank also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Gangplank into Galioas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Gangplank also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Galio. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Galio matchups, Galio is the better champ with a 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 somewhat poor counter to Galio. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Gangplank against Galio.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gangplank in order to counter Galio during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Galio. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Gangplank versus Galio build include Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and Navori Quickblades. When Gangplank used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Galio than with many other common builds. In fact, Gangplank had an average winrate of 48.4% when playing against Galio with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Galio as Gangplank, Gangplank players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Gangplank vs Galio fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.4% win rate overall.
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