Naafiri vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Naafiri
based on 728 Naafiri vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Gangplank
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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!
Naafiri vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Naafiri in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several significant Naafiri against Gangplank counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences between this set of champs. For instance, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gangplank’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Gangplank. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Naafiri usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their counter does. Typically, they takes a similar amount of damage to Gangplank. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Naafiri and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Gangplank?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Naafiri usually wins when playing against Gangplank, with a 56.9% win rate. As a result, Naafiri makes a fantastic counter to Gangplank.
While Naafiri does have a much higher winrate than Gangplank, when they face off with one another, Naafiri also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Naafiri into Gangplank.
Furthermore, Naafiri has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gangplank. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Gangplank matchups, Naafiri is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Naafiri is a great counter to Gangplank. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Naafiri against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri 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 lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri most often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Gangplank. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Naafiri versus Gangplank build include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Naafiri incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they performed much better vs. Gangplank than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average winrate of 56.9% when playing against Gangplank with this build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Gangplank as Naafiri, Naafiri players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Naafiri vs Gangplank matchups, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 56.9% winrate overall.
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