Gangplank with Aatrox
How to Synergize Gangplank and Aatrox
based on 524 Gangplank with Aatrox pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gangplank Aatrox Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Aatrox
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Aatrox
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.
Advice to Understand How Aatrox Will Play
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.
Gangplank Aatrox Synergy Stats
How to Play with Aatrox as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Aatrox synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Aatrox, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Gangplank sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Aatrox. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Aatrox helps Gangplank perform not as well in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gangplank plays on the same team as Aatrox, he sees a barely noticable drop in his full damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Aatrox does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played together with Aatrox on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Aatrox.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Aatrox on the same team, he typically receives less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Aatrox does a decent job of covering Gangplank during team fights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Aatrox
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Aatrox?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Gangplank that will no matter what be his top synergy. However, overall, Aatrox is a very typical ally for Gangplank. By being on the same team as Gangplank, he improves their win rate by 0.1% to 48.7%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small strategic relationship between Gangplank and Aatrox that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Aatrox has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Aatrox teammates to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Working cooperatively, Gangplank players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. When paired, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by aligning Gangplank and Aatrox together, you probably will not be providing your team enough support. We recommend you have other champs on your team that offsets this hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Aatrox ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank in order to pair well with Aatrox during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to have in your Gangplank and Aatrox synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Essence Reaver, and The Collector. When Gangplank incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Aatrox than with many other common builds. In fact, Gangplank had an average win rate of 48.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Aatrox with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating your oponents, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.7% winrate overall.
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