Gangplank vs Rammus
How to Beat Rammus as Gangplank
based on 952 Gangplank vs Rammus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Rammus Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Rammus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rammus as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Rammus
Try placing Cannon Barrage on the path of escape to cut off fleeing enemies.
Parrrley applies On Hit effects like Frozen Mallet or Black Cleaver.
Paying attention to low-health enemies on the map can land you a surprise kill with Cannon Barrage.
Advice to Win Against Rammus
Rammus often stacks high Armor, leaving him especially vulnerable to caster damage while not in Defensive Ball Curl.
Pay particular attention to when his Defensive Ball Curl is off. Rammus has much lower stats than a normal tank when he's out of the stance.
Gangplank vs Rammus Counter Stats
How to Counter Rammus with Gangplank in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several valuable Gangplank against Rammus counter statistics that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rammus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Rammus..
Gangplank normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Rammus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gangplank and Rammus
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Rammus?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gangplank usually loses when playing against Rammus, with a 48.5% win rate. Therefore, Gangplank makes a poor counter to Rammus.
While Gangplank does have a lower winrate than Rammus, when facing one another, Gangplank also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Gangplank into Rammusas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Gangplank has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rammus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Rammus matchups, Rammus is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Gangplank is a somewhat poor counter for Rammus. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gangplank against Rammus.
Other Champion Matchups Against Gangplank
Additional Information for Gangplank Players
How We Calculated Our Gangplank vs Rammus Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank in order to counter Rammus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank on average racks up much more CS relative to Rammus. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Gangplank versus Rammus build include Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and Navori Quickblades. When Gangplank incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Rammus than with most other common item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average win rate of 48.5% battling Rammus with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of beating Rammus as Gangplank, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Gangplank vs Rammus matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.5% winrate overall.
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