Gangplank vs Senna
How to Beat Senna as Gangplank
based on 4,142 Gangplank vs Senna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Senna Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Senna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Senna as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Senna
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.
Gangplank vs Senna Counter Stats
How to Counter Senna with Gangplank in LoL
The stats shown here show some vital Gangplank against Senna matchup stats that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Senna’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Senna..
Gangplank normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Senna. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gangplank and Senna
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Senna?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Gangplank usually loses when facing off against Senna, with a 47.6% win rate. Thus, Gangplank makes a bad counter for Senna.
While Gangplank does have a lower win rate than Senna, when they face off with one another, Gangplank also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Gangplank into Sennaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Gangplank has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Senna. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Senna matchups, Senna is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Gangplank is a bad counter to Senna. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gangplank against Senna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank to counter Senna during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank usually gets much more CS relative to Senna. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions 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 need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Gangplank versus Senna build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Essence Reaver. When Gangplank used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Senna than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average winrate of 47.6% battling Senna with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Senna 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 combinations players used for Gangplank vs Senna LoL games, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.6% win rate overall.
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