Gangplank with Annie
How to Synergize Gangplank and Annie
based on 801 Gangplank with Annie pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gangplank Annie Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Annie Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Annie
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Annie
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 Annie Will Play
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
Gangplank Annie Synergy Stats
How to Play with Annie as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Annie synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Annie, 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 Annie. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Annie helps Gangplank perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank tries to synergize with Annie, he gets a little increase in his complete damage output. This difference may indicate that Annie supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played together with Annie on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Annie.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Annie on the same side, he on average takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Annie does a poor job of covering Gangplank in team fights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Annie
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Annie?
There is no top champion pairing for Gangplank that will no matter what be his ideal synergy. Yet, Annie is a pretty good companion for Gangplank. By playing on the same team as Gangplank, she improves their win rate by 2.8% to 51.4%. This demonstrates that there is a potentially meaningful synergy between Gangplank and Annie that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Annie has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Annie allies to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Working on the same side, Gangplank players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by bringing Gangplank and Annie together, you probably will not be giving your team very much attack damage. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that fills this relative disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Annie ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Gangplank in order to work well with Annie during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to build first in your Gangplank and Annie synergy build consist of Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and Navori Quickblades. When Gangplank combined at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Annie than with most other common item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average win rate of 51.4% helping carry Annie with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against 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 runes players chose for this team composition, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.4% winrate overall.
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