Gangplank with Akali
How to Synergize Gangplank and Akali
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Gangplank Akali Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Akali
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Akali
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 Akali Will Play
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Gangplank Akali Synergy Stats
How to Play with Akali as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Akali synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Akali, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Akali. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Akali helps Gangplank perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank is paired with Akali, he sees a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This change could signal that Akali provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played together with Akali on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Akali.
Moreover, when Gangplank plays with Akali on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Akali does a poor job of covering Gangplank during teamfights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Akali
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Akali?
There is no one best companion for Gangplank that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. However, overall, Akali is a below average ally for Gangplank. By locking into the same team as Gangplank, she drops their win rate by -1.6% to 47.0%. This proves that there is a negative bond between Gangplank and Akali that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Akali has a lower difficulty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be careful when lining up Akali allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Gangplank players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by grouping Gangplank and Akali together, you will not be giving your team enough utility. Make sure to include other champions on your team that neutralizes this gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Akali ally, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank to synergize with Akali during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to have in your Gangplank and Akali synergy build include Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and Navori Quickblades. When Gangplank used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Akali than with most other common builds. In fact, Gangplank had an average winrate of 47.0% when playing alongside Akali with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should equip 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 players picked for Gangplank and Akali pairings, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.0% winrate overall.
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