League of Legends Gank
What is a Gank?
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A gank is a surprise attack on an enemy champion. Ganks are usually coordinated and executed by the jungler or a roaming laner as well as the laner receiving the gank. Early gank attempts often try to catch the enemy champion off guard and kill them before they can reach the safety of their tower or teammates.
Late game ganks are often ambushes by multiple champions against one or two lone enemies (this can also occur earlier or even at level one if one team invades another's jungle). Usually the ambushing team will make use of a ![]() |
When is a gank successful?
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To pull off a successful gank, you'll usually need some damage, CC and sometimes a gap closer between the ganker and the teammate receiving the gank.
A gank's success is often measured by the advantage you gain for your team as well as the disadvantage given to the enemy champion. Successful ganks don't always have to land ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
How do I avoid ganks?
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The simplest way to avoid being ganked in laning phase is to make sure you have an escape spell like
![]() ![]() Another way to foil a gank attempt is to spot the enemy ganker(s) before they are in position to ambush you. Warding ( ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
What is a countergank?
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A countergank is an attempt to punish an enemy for attempting a gank. If you spot the enemy attempting to gank, you can coordinate with your allies to cut off their retreat and ambush them instead. Usually your jungler and nearby laners can help you accomplish this.
The key to counterganking especially is to catch the enemy in the act of ganking and quickly coordinate a response. Counter ganks can be initiated by Baiting, where the would-be target of the gank makes themselves vulnerable enough to initiate the gank, then their allies ambush the gankers before the bait is killed. Counterganks can be made more effective with global or semi-global spells such as ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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