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.
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some important Gangplank vs. Rell matchup statistics that may help you understand the differences between the two. Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rell’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Rell. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Gangplank normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Rell. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gangplank usually loses when taking on Rell, with a 48.9% win rate. As a result, Gangplank makes a poor counter for Rell.
While Gangplank does have a lower win rate compared to Rell, when on opposite teams, Gangplank also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Gangplank into Rellas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Gangplank also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rell. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Rell matchups, Rell 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 teamfights.
Gangplank is a somewhat poor counter for Rell. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Gangplank against Rell.
To learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank to counter Rell during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank on average gets much more CS relative to Rell. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Gangplank versus Rell build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Rell than with most other typical builds. In fact, Gangplank had an average win rate of 48.9% when countering Rell with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Rell as Gangplank, you should take 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 builds we have analyed for Gangplank vs Rell face-offs, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.9% win rate overall.
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