Lissandra vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Lissandra
based on 649 Lissandra vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lissandra vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Lissandra vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Lissandra against Gangplank
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
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!
Lissandra vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Lissandra in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several strategic Lissandra against Gangplank counter stats that can help us explain the distinctions between these two champions. For instance, Lissandra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gangplank’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lissandra may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Gangplank..
Lissandra often has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Gangplank. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lissandra and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Lissandra or Gangplank?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lissandra usually loses when playing against Gangplank, with a 48.4% win rate. Therefore, Lissandra makes a bad counter to Gangplank.
While Lissandra does have a lower winrate than Gangplank, when facing one another, Lissandra also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Lissandra into Gangplank.
Moreover, Lissandra has a good 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 lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lissandra vs Gangplank matchups, Gangplank is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Lissandra is a somewhat poor counter for Gangplank. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lissandra against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Lissandra to counter Gangplank during both the laning 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 listen to the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lissandra often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Gangplank. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Lissandra versus Gangplank build include Malignance, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Lissandra used at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs Gangplank than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Lissandra had an average win rate of 48.4% when playing against Gangplank with this counter build.
To have the best chance of defeating Gangplank as Lissandra, you should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Lissandra vs Gangplank counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.4% winrate overall.
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