Zed vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Zed
based on 1,994 Zed vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zed vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Zed vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Zed
Tips for Playing as Zed against Gangplank
Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.
Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.
Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.
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!
Zed vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Zed in LoL
The stats provided here feature several important Zed vs. Gangplank matchup stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. Zed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gangplank’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Zed may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Gangplank..
Zed typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Gangplank. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zed and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Zed or Gangplank?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zed usually fairs equally well when facing off against Gangplank, with a 50.1% win rate. Therefore, Zed makes an ok counter to Gangplank.
While Zed does have a higher win rate than Gangplank, when on opposite teams, Zed also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Zed into Gangplankas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Zed also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gangplank. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zed vs Gangplank matchups, Zed is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Zed is a decent counter to Gangplank. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Zed against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Zed in order to counter Gangplank during both the laning 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 tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zed most often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Gangplank. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Zed versus Gangplank build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Serylda's Grudge. When Zed bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Gangplank than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Zed had an average winrate of 50.1% battling Gangplank with this build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Gangplank as Zed, Zed players should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Transcendence, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Zed vs Gangplank face-offs, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.1% win rate overall.
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