Sivir vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Sivir
based on 840 Sivir vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sivir vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Sivir vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Sivir
Tips for Playing as Sivir against Gangplank
Sivir's Boomerang Blade returns to her after reaching the max range, so you can shift position to hit enemies who would otherwise have evaded it.
Try saving Spell Shield for enemy abilities that can disable you such as stuns and roots.
Ricochet resets Sivir's basic attack timer on activation, so activating this immediately after landing a normal basic attack will maximize damage output.
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!
Sivir vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Sivir in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some vital Sivir vs. Gangplank matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Sivir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gangplank’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Sivir may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Gangplank..
Sivir typically has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Typically, she receives less damage than Gangplank. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sivir and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Sivir or Gangplank?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sivir usually loses when playing against Gangplank, with a 48.6% win rate. As a result, Sivir makes a poor counter for Gangplank.
While Sivir does have a lower winrate than Gangplank, when facing one another, Sivir also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Sivir into Gangplank.
Additionally, Sivir also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gangplank. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sivir vs Gangplank matchups, Gangplank is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Sivir is a somewhat poor counter for Gangplank. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Sivir against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sivir to counter Gangplank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sivir most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Gangplank. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Sivir versus Gangplank build consist of Phantom Dancer, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Sivir included at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Gangplank than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Sivir boasted an average win rate of 48.6% when countering Gangplank with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Gangplank as Sivir, Sivir players should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Sivir vs Gangplank battles, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.6% winrate overall.
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