Vel'Koz vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Vel'Koz
based on 1,118 Vel'Koz vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Gangplank
Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.
Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.
When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.
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!
Vel'Koz vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some significant Vel'Koz against Gangplank counter statistics that may help you explain the differences between the two. As an example, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gangplank’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Gangplank..
Vel'Koz normally has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Gangplank. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Gangplank?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually wins when facing off against Gangplank, with a 52.3% win rate. As a result, Vel'Koz makes a good counter for Gangplank.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher win rate than Gangplank, when on opposite teams, Vel'Koz also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Vel'Koz into Gangplankas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vel'Koz also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gangplank. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Gangplank matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Vel'Koz is a good counter to Gangplank. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vel'Koz against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vel'Koz to counter Gangplank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz often picks up less CS as Gangplank. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Vel'Koz versus Gangplank build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better versus Gangplank than with most other common builds. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average winrate of 52.3% battling Gangplank with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Gangplank as Vel'Koz, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Vel'Koz vs Gangplank counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.3% win rate overall.
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