Brand with Gangplank
How to Synergize Brand and Gangplank
based on 3,450 Brand with Gangplank pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Brand Gangplank Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Brand and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Brand with Gangplank
You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.
You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.
Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.
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.
Brand Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Brand in LoL
The Brand 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, Brand sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gangplank. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Gangplank helps Brand perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Brand is paired with Gangplank, he sees a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This may signal that Gangplank provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Brand is played together with Gangplank on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Gangplank.
Additionally, when Brand plays with Gangplank on the same side, he on average receives more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Gangplank does a poor job of protecting Brand in team fights.
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Is Brand better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no perfect companion for Brand that will always be his ideal teammate. However, overall, Gangplank is a terrible companion for Brand. By locking into the same team as Brand, he decreases their win rate by -3.5% to 47.9%. This proves that there is a terrible bond between Brand and Gangplank that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Gangplank has a much greater difficulty compared to Brand. That means Brand players need to be very careful when arranging Gangplank allies to fight alongside, as they will require a much higher level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Working on the same side, Brand players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Conversely, by bringing Brand and Gangplank together, you will not be giving your side much protection for burst damage. Plan to bring other champs on your team that offsets this relative disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Gangplank ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Brand to synergize with Gangplank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to include in your Brand and Gangplank synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Brand incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Gangplank than with many other typical builds. In fact, Brand had an average win rate of 47.9% when playing alongside Gangplank with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing your oponents, Brand players should use the Dark Harvest, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.9% win rate overall.
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