Gangplank vs Katarina
How to Beat Katarina as Gangplank
based on 2,070 Gangplank vs Katarina matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Katarina Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Katarina Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Katarina
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 Katarina
Katarina's abilities deal magic damage, so even if she's building Attack Damage items, get magic resistance to counter her.
Try to save a disable for when Katarina uses her Death Lotus.
Gangplank vs Katarina Counter Stats
How to Counter Katarina with Gangplank in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some significant Gangplank vs. Katarina matchup stats that can help us understand the distinctions between the two. For instance, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Katarina’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Katarina..
Gangplank normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Katarina. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gangplank and Katarina
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Katarina?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gangplank usually loses when trying to fight Katarina, with a 48.0% win rate. Thus, Gangplank makes a bad counter to Katarina.
While Gangplank does have a lower win rate compared to Katarina, when on opposite teams, Gangplank also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Gangplank into Katarinaas 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 almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Katarina. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Katarina matchups, Katarina is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Gangplank is a terribly counter for Katarina. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Gangplank against Katarina.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gangplank to counter Katarina during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Katarina. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Gangplank versus Katarina build consist of Mortal Reminder, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Katarina than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Gangplank had an average win rate of 48.0% when playing against Katarina with this counter build.
To have the best probability of crushing Katarina 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 Katarina face-offs, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.0% winrate overall.
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