Malphite vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Malphite
based on 2,040 Malphite vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Gangplank
Despite his abilities scaling on Armor, some games require Malphite to get Magic Resist. When those games occur, try getting Aegis of the Legion, Mercury's Treads, and Guardian Angel.
Armor naturally reduces the rate that attacks go through Granite Shield, so Brutal Strikes will strengthen the shield against physical damage.
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!
Malphite vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some important Malphite against Gangplank counter statistics that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between these two champions. As an example, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gangplank’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gangplank..
Malphite normally has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Gangplank. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malphite and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Malphite or Gangplank?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malphite usually wins when taking on Gangplank, with a 51.7% win rate. Thus, Malphite makes a good counter for Gangplank.
While Malphite does have a higher win rate than Gangplank, when facing one another, Malphite also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Malphite into Gangplank.
Additionally, Malphite also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gangplank. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Gangplank matchups, Malphite is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Malphite is a decent counter for Gangplank. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Malphite against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malphite in order to counter Gangplank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Gangplank. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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 have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Malphite versus Gangplank build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Frozen Heart. When Malphite used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Gangplank than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 51.7% when playing against Gangplank with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Gangplank as Malphite, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Malphite vs Gangplank clashes, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.7% winrate overall.
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