Gangplank vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Gangplank
based on 1,256 Gangplank vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Nunu & Willump
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 Nunu & Willump
Interrupting the charge up on Absolute Zero will lower the amount of damage your team takes.
Using Summoner Flash is a surefire way to escape Absolute Zero.
Biggest Snowball Ever moves very fast but cannot turn as quickly, so don't try to escape it by running away in a straight line. Instead, make sudden, sharp turns.
Gangplank vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Gangplank in LoL
The stats provided here feature several critical Gangplank against Nunu & Willump counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between this set of champs. Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nunu & Willump’s ratio of NaN, showing that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nunu & Willump..
Gangplank normally has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Nunu & Willump. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Nunu & Willump?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gangplank usually loses when taking on Nunu & Willump, with a 46.7% win rate. As a result, Gangplank makes a poor counter for Nunu & Willump.
While Gangplank does have a lower win rate than Nunu & Willump, when on opposite teams, Gangplank also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Gangplank into Nunu & Willumpas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Gangplank has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Nunu & Willump is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Gangplank is a bad counter to Nunu & Willump. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gangplank against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank to counter Nunu & Willump during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank usually racks up much more CS relative to Nunu & Willump. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Gangplank versus Nunu & Willump build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better countering Nunu & Willump than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average win rate of 46.7% battling Nunu & Willump with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Nunu & Willump as Gangplank, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Gangplank vs Nunu & Willump counters, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.7% win rate overall.
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