Nami vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Nami
based on 1,558 Nami vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nami vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Nami vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Nami
Tips for Playing as Nami against Gangplank
Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.
Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.
Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.
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!
Nami vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Nami in LoL
The stats shown here feature some vital Nami versus Gangplank matchup statistics that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gangplank’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Gangplank. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Nami usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Gangplank. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nami and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Nami or Gangplank?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nami usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Gangplank, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Nami makes an ok counter to Gangplank.
While Nami does have a higher win rate compared to Gangplank, when they face off with one another, Nami also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Nami into Gangplank.
Furthermore, Nami has a very large amount of CC and other utility, 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 a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nami vs Gangplank matchups, Nami is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Nami is a decent counter for Gangplank. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nami against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nami in order to counter Gangplank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nami usually racks up a lot less CS compared to Gangplank. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Nami versus Gangplank build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Ardent Censer, and Imperial Mandate. When Nami included at least these three items in her build, she performed much better when fighting Gangplank than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Nami had an average winrate of 50.5% when playing against Gangplank with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Gangplank as Nami, Nami players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Nami vs Gangplank counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.5% winrate overall.
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