Gangplank vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Gangplank
based on 1,118 Gangplank vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Vel'Koz
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 Vel'Koz
Vel'Koz has fairly low mobility and is vulnerable to ganks.
Vel'Koz is very dangerous if left alone in a fight. Try to focus him down early.
Life Form Disintegration Ray can be interrupted by stuns, silences and knockups.
Gangplank vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Gangplank in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several valuable Gangplank versus Vel'Koz matchup stats that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Vel'Koz..
Gangplank usually has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Vel'Koz. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gangplank and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Vel'Koz?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gangplank usually loses when playing against Vel'Koz, with a 47.7% win rate. As a result, Gangplank makes a poor counter for Vel'Koz.
While Gangplank does have a lower win rate compared to Vel'Koz, when they face off with one another, Gangplank also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Gangplank into Vel'Kozas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Gangplank has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Gangplank is a trash counter for Vel'Koz. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gangplank against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gangplank in order to counter Vel'Koz during both the early game 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 stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank on average picks up more CS relative to Vel'Koz. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Gangplank versus Vel'Koz build include Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and The Collector. When Gangplank used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Vel'Koz than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average win rate of 47.7% when countering Vel'Koz with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Vel'Koz as Gangplank, Gangplank players 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 runes players chose for Gangplank vs Vel'Koz counters, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.7% win rate overall.
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