Leona vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Leona
based on 2,046 Leona vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Leona vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Leona vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Leona
Tips for Playing as Leona against Gangplank
Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.
Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.
You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.
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!
Leona vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Leona in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some critical Leona versus Gangplank counter stats that can help us understand the distinctions between the two. For instance, Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gangplank’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Gangplank. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Leona usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Gangplank. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Leona and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Leona or Gangplank?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Leona usually wins when trying to fight Gangplank, with a 53.0% win rate. Therefore, Leona makes a good counter to Gangplank.
While Leona does have a higher winrate than Gangplank, when they face off with one another, Leona also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Leona into Gangplank.
Moreover, Leona also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gangplank. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Leona vs Gangplank matchups, Leona is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Leona is a good counter for Gangplank. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Leona against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Leona to counter Gangplank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Leona typically accumulates a lot less CS compared to Gangplank. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Leona versus Gangplank build consist of Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Leona incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better vs. Gangplank than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Leona had an average winrate of 53.0% battling Gangplank with this counter build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Gangplank as Leona, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Leona vs Gangplank counters, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 53.0% win rate overall.
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