Jayce vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Jayce
based on 910 Jayce vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jayce vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Jayce vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Jayce
Tips for Playing as Jayce against Gangplank
For increased range and damage, try casting Shock Blast through the Acceleration Gate.
If you find yourself taking lots of damage, try using Jayce's Hammer Stance, as it grants you additional defenses.
Be sure to switch stances often. It will enhance your attacks and grant you quick bursts of speed.
Advice to Win Against Gangplank
Parrrley deals a high amount of physical damage. Items that grant Armor can help if an enemy Gangplank is doing well.
Once Gangplank reaches level 6, watch out for his global-range ultimate, Cannon Barrage!
Jayce vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Jayce in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some valuable Jayce versus Gangplank matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences between these two champs. As an example, Jayce’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gangplank’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Jayce may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gangplank..
Jayce often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Gangplank. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jayce and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Jayce or Gangplank?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Jayce usually fairs equally well when facing off against Gangplank, with a 50.7% win rate. Thus, Jayce makes an ok counter for Gangplank.
While Jayce does have a higher win rate compared to Gangplank, when facing one another, Jayce also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Jayce into Gangplankas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Jayce also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gangplank. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Jayce vs Gangplank matchups, Jayce is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Jayce is a decent counter to Gangplank. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Jayce against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Jayce in order to counter Gangplank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jayce on average picks up a similar amount of CS as Gangplank. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Jayce versus Gangplank build include Muramana, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Jayce combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Gangplank than with most other typical builds. In fact, Jayce had an average winrate of 50.7% battling Gangplank with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Gangplank as Jayce, Jayce players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Jayce vs Gangplank counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Gangplank as Jayce are shown for all skill levels, merged. To scope the stats and builds to a specific division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.