Gangplank vs Irelia
How to Beat Irelia as Gangplank
based on 1,639 Gangplank vs Irelia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Irelia Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Irelia
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 Irelia
Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.
Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.
Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.
Gangplank vs Irelia Counter Stats
How to Counter Irelia with Gangplank in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some significant Gangplank versus Irelia matchup stats that may help us explain the distinctions between the two. Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Irelia..
Gangplank typically has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Irelia. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gangplank and Irelia
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Irelia?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gangplank usually loses when playing against Irelia, with a 48.1% win rate. As a result, Gangplank makes a bad counter to Irelia.
While Gangplank does have a lower winrate than Irelia, when they face off with one another, Gangplank also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Gangplank into Ireliaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Gangplank also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Irelia. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Irelia matchups, Irelia is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Gangplank is a somewhat poor counter to Irelia. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Gangplank against Irelia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gangplank in order to counter Irelia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Irelia. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Gangplank versus Irelia build include Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and Navori Quickblades. When Gangplank combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better versus Irelia than with most other common builds. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average winrate of 48.1% battling Irelia with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Irelia as Gangplank, you should equip 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 sets players picked for Gangplank vs Irelia counters, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.1% winrate overall.
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