Annie with Gangplank
How to Synergize Annie and Gangplank
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Annie Gangplank Synergy Summary
Best Annie vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Annie and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Annie with Gangplank
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
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.
Annie Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Annie in LoL
The Annie Gangplank synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gangplank, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Annie sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gangplank. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Gangplank helps Annie perform worse in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Annie is an ally to Gangplank, she gets a little increase in her full damage dealt. This could signal that Gangplank supports by providing cover for her to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Annie is played with Gangplank on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Gangplank. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Gangplank.
Additionally, when Annie plays with Gangplank on the same side, she typically takes more damage than when she fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Gangplank does a poor job of covering Annie during teamfights.
Synergies between Annie and Gangplank
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Is Annie better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no top companion for Annie that will no matter what be her best ally. Yet, Gangplank is a pretty good companion for Annie. By locking into the same team as Annie, he raises their win rate by 2.1% to 51.4%. This clearly indicates that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Annie and Gangplank that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Gangplank has a greater difficulty than Annie. That means you should be careful when finding Gangplank comrades to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting together, Annie players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Conversely, by bringing Annie and Gangplank together, you probably will not be giving your other allies much sustained damage output. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that helps cover this disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Gangplank teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Annie in order to work well with Gangplank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to focus on in your Annie and Gangplank synergy build include Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Annie incorporated at least these three finished items in her build, she did a lot better as an ally of Gangplank than with most other common builds. In fact, Annie had an average win rate of 51.4% when playing alongside Gangplank with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing your oponents, Annie players should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Manaflow Band runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Annie and Gangplank pairings, this set of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.4% win rate overall.
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