Aatrox with Gangplank
How to Synergize Aatrox and Gangplank
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Aatrox Gangplank Synergy Summary
Best Aatrox vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Aatrox and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Aatrox with Gangplank
Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.
Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.
Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.
Advice to Understand How Gangplank Will Play
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.
Aatrox Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Aatrox in LoL
The Aatrox Gangplank synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gangplank, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Aatrox sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gangplank. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Gangplank helps Aatrox perform poorer in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Aatrox is an ally to Gangplank, he observes a little decrease in his total damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Gangplank does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Aatrox is played alongside Gangplank on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Gangplank. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Gangplank.
Additionally, when Aatrox plays with Gangplank on the same team, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Gangplank does a decent job of covering Aatrox in teamfights.
Synergies between Aatrox and Gangplank
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Is Aatrox better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no ideal companion for Aatrox that will always be his ideal teammate. Yet, Gangplank is a not very good companion for Aatrox. By playing on the same team as Aatrox, he decreases their win rate by -1.7% to 48.7%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad bond between Aatrox and Gangplank that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Gangplank has a much greater difficulty compared to Aatrox. That means Aatrox players should be very careful when arranging Gangplank allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much higher level of skill to fight well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by aligning Aatrox and Gangplank together, you will not be providing your team a great deal of crowd control. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that nullifies this relative hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Gangplank ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Aatrox in order to synergize with Gangplank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to have in your Aatrox and Gangplank synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Aatrox used at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Gangplank than with many other common builds. In fact, Aatrox had an average win rate of 48.7% when playing alongside Gangplank with this build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for this team composition, this combo of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.7% win rate overall.
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