Nunu & Willump vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Nunu & Willump
based on 1,256 Nunu & Willump vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nunu & Willump vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Gangplank
Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.
You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.
It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.
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!
Nunu & Willump vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Nunu & Willump in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several valuable Nunu & Willump vs. Gangplank matchup stats that may help you explain the differences between this set of champs. As an example, Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gangplank’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Gangplank. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Nunu & Willump often has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Gangplank. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Gangplank?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually wins when trying to fight Gangplank, with a 53.3% win rate. Therefore, Nunu & Willump makes a great counter to Gangplank.
While Nunu & Willump does have a higher winrate than Gangplank, when they face off with one another, Nunu & Willump also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Nunu & Willump into Gangplank.
Moreover, Nunu & Willump also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gangplank. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Gangplank matchups, Nunu & Willump is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Nunu & Willump is a great counter to Gangplank. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nunu & Willump against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nunu & Willump in order to counter Gangplank during both the lane 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 mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nunu & Willump often gets a lot less CS compared to Gangplank. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Nunu & Willump versus Gangplank build consist of Thornmail, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Gangplank than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average winrate of 53.3% when countering Gangplank with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Gangplank as Nunu & Willump, you should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Nunu & Willump vs Gangplank LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.3% winrate overall.
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