Ziggs vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Ziggs
based on 734 Ziggs vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ziggs vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Ziggs vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Ziggs
Tips for Playing as Ziggs against Gangplank
Even if you're far from a fight you can still help from afar with Mega Inferno Bomb.
Slowing your enemies with Hexplosive Minefield makes it easier to land other abilities.
Knocking yourself over walls with Satchel Charge can be great when chasing after or escaping from enemies.
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!
Ziggs vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Ziggs in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some strategic Ziggs against Gangplank matchup stats that may help us understand the differences and similarities between the two. Ziggs’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gangplank’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Ziggs may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Gangplank..
Ziggs often has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Gangplank. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ziggs and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Ziggs or Gangplank?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ziggs usually fairs equally well when facing off against Gangplank, with a 50.3% win rate. As a result, Ziggs makes an ok counter for Gangplank.
While Ziggs does have a higher win rate than Gangplank, when on opposite teams, Ziggs also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ziggs into Gangplank.
Additionally, Ziggs also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gangplank. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Ziggs vs Gangplank matchups, Ziggs is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Ziggs is a decent counter for Gangplank. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ziggs against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ziggs in order 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ziggs often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Gangplank. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Ziggs versus Gangplank build consist of Void Staff, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Ziggs included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Gangplank than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Ziggs boasted an average win rate of 50.3% when countering Gangplank with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Gangplank as Ziggs, Ziggs players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Ziggs vs Gangplank counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.3% winrate overall.
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