Gangplank vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Gangplank
based on 1,835 Gangplank vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Xin Zhao
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 Xin Zhao
Xin Zhao relies heavily on his Three Talon Strikes for damage and cooldown resets, so preventing him from finishing his combo will have a dramatic effect.
Xin Zhao is a powerful initiator with both his charge and ultimate dealing damage to all units around him. Try having your team stay spread out until he's used his ultimate.
Gangplank vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Gangplank in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some vital Gangplank against Xin Zhao counter statistics that can help you distinguish the distinctions between this set of champions. Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Xin Zhao..
Gangplank typically has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Xin Zhao. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gangplank and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Xin Zhao?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gangplank usually loses when playing against Xin Zhao, with a 45.8% win rate. As a result, Gangplank makes a poor counter to Xin Zhao.
While Gangplank does have a much lower winrate compared to Xin Zhao, when they face off with one another, Gangplank also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Gangplank into Xin Zhaoas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Gangplank has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Xin Zhao matchups, Xin Zhao 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 garbage counter for Xin Zhao. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Gangplank against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank in order to counter Xin Zhao during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will 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 Xin Zhao. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Gangplank versus Xin Zhao build consist of Essence Reaver, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Xin Zhao than with many other typical builds. In fact, Gangplank had an average winrate of 45.8% when countering Xin Zhao with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Xin Zhao as Gangplank, you should use 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 chose for Gangplank vs Xin Zhao face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 45.8% winrate overall.
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