Orianna vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Orianna
based on 761 Orianna vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Orianna vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Orianna vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Orianna
Tips for Playing as Orianna against Gangplank
Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.
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!
Orianna vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Orianna in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some influential Orianna versus Gangplank counter stats that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gangplank’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Gangplank..
Orianna usually has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Typically, she takes less damage than Gangplank. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Orianna and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Orianna or Gangplank?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Orianna usually fairs equally well when playing against Gangplank, with a 50.9% win rate. Therefore, Orianna makes an ok counter to Gangplank.
While Orianna does have a higher win rate than Gangplank, when on opposite teams, Orianna also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Orianna into Gangplankas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Orianna also has some amount of utility and CC, 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 isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Orianna vs Gangplank matchups, Orianna is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Orianna is a decent counter for Gangplank. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Orianna against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Orianna to counter Gangplank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Orianna typically gets a similar amount of CS relative to Gangplank. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Orianna versus Gangplank build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna included at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when fighting Gangplank than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Orianna boasted an average winrate of 50.9% battling Gangplank with this counter build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Gangplank as Orianna, Orianna players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Orianna vs Gangplank LoL games, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.9% winrate overall.
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