Karthus vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Karthus
based on 722 Karthus vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Karthus vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Karthus vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Karthus
Tips for Playing as Karthus against Gangplank
Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.
Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.
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!
Karthus vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Karthus in LoL
The stats provided here feature some vital Karthus against Gangplank matchup statistics that can help you explain the distinctions between this set of champions. Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gangplank’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Gangplank..
Karthus often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Gangplank. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Karthus and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Karthus or Gangplank?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Karthus usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Gangplank, with a 50.8% win rate. As a result, Karthus makes an ok counter for Gangplank.
While Karthus does have a higher winrate compared to Gangplank, when they face off with one another, Karthus also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Karthus into Gangplankas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Karthus has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gangplank. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Karthus vs Gangplank matchups, Karthus is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Karthus is a decent counter for Gangplank. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Karthus against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Karthus in order to counter Gangplank during both the early game 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 mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Karthus usually picks up less CS as Gangplank. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts 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 values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Karthus versus Gangplank build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Shadowflame. When Karthus combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Gangplank than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Karthus boasted an average win rate of 50.8% when playing against Gangplank with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Gangplank as Karthus, Karthus players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Eyeball Collection, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Karthus vs Gangplank battles, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.8% winrate overall.
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