Gangplank with Akshan
How to Synergize Gangplank and Akshan
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Gangplank Akshan Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Akshan Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Akshan
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Akshan
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 Akshan Will Play
Raising an eyebrow in the face of danger, Akshan fights evil with dashing charisma, righteous vengeance, and a conspicuous lack of shirts. He is highly skilled in the art of stealth combat, able to evade the eyes of his enemies and reappear when they least expect him. With a keen sense of justice and a legendary death-reversing weapon, he rights the wrongs of Runeterra's many scoundrels while living by his own moral code: “Don't be an ass.”
Gangplank Akshan Synergy Stats
How to Play with Akshan as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Akshan synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Akshan, 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 Akshan. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Akshan helps Gangplank perform poorer in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gangplank is an ally to Akshan, he sees a little drop in his full damage output. This difference may indicate that Akshan does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that their presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played alongside Akshan on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Akshan. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Akshan.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Akshan on the same team, he often takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Akshan does a poor job of covering Gangplank in teamfights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Akshan
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Akshan?
There is no top companion for Gangplank that will always be his best ally. However, overall, Akshan is a terrible companion for Gangplank. By playing on the same side as Gangplank, they decreases their win rate by -6.0% to 42.6%. This shows that there is a very bad synergy between Gangplank and Akshan that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Akshan has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be cautious when finding Akshan teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working cooperatively, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by aligning Gangplank and Akshan together, you will not be granting your other allies much magical damage output. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that helps cover this relative gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Akshan ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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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 Akshan during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to get in your Gangplank and Akshan synergy build include Essence Reaver, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Akshan than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gangplank had an average win rate of 42.6% when playing alongside Akshan with this build.
To have the best probability of beating your oponents, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for this team composition, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 42.6% win rate overall.
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