Draven with Gangplank
How to Synergize Draven and Gangplank
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Draven Gangplank Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Draven and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Draven with Gangplank
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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.
Draven Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Draven in LoL
The Draven 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, Draven sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gangplank. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Gangplank helps Draven perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Draven tries to synergize with Gangplank, he observes a marginal improvement in his full damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Gangplank provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Draven is played together with Gangplank on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Gangplank.
Moreover, when Draven plays with Gangplank on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Gangplank does a poor job of protecting Draven during team fights.
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Is Draven better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no ideal synergy for Draven that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. Yet, Gangplank is a very typical companion for Draven. By playing on the same side as Draven, he drops their win rate by -0.6% to 49.1%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong synergy between Draven and Gangplank that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Gangplank has a greater difficulty than Draven. That means Draven players need to be careful when arranging Gangplank allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working on the same side, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by bringing Draven and Gangplank together, you probably will not be granting your team very much magical damage output. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Gangplank teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Draven to synergize with Gangplank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to have in your Draven and Gangplank synergy build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Hubris. When Draven bought at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Gangplank than with most other typical builds. In fact, Draven boasted an average winrate of 49.1% when playing alongside Gangplank with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.1% winrate overall.
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