Gangplank vs Garen
How to Beat Garen as Gangplank
based on 1,800 Gangplank vs Garen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Garen Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Garen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Garen as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Garen
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 Garen
Be careful about attacking Garen in brush. It often will lead to taking full damage from Judgment.
Stack armor items to lower the large amount of physical damage that Garen deals out.
Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. If getting out of its radius isn't possible, move through allied minions to reduce damage taken.
Try to run away from Garen as your health gets lower, as he can execute you quickly with Demacian Justice.
Gangplank vs Garen Counter Stats
How to Counter Garen with Gangplank in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several strategic Gangplank versus Garen counter stats that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. As an example, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Garen’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Garen..
Gangplank often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Garen. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gangplank and Garen
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Garen?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gangplank usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Garen, with a 50.3% win rate. Therefore, Gangplank makes an ok counter for Garen.
While Gangplank does have a higher win rate compared to Garen, when on opposite teams, Gangplank also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Gangplank into Garenas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Gangplank has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Garen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Garen matchups, Gangplank is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Gangplank is a decent counter to Garen. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Gangplank against Garen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gangplank to counter Garen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank often gets a similar amount of CS as Garen. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Gangplank versus Garen build consist of Bloodthirster, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Garen than with many other common builds. In fact, Gangplank had an average win rate of 50.3% when countering Garen with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Garen as Gangplank, Gangplank players should use 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 picked for Gangplank vs Garen battles, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Garen as Gangplank are given for every ranked division. To scope the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.