Gangplank with Brand
How to Synergize Gangplank and Brand
based on 3,450 Gangplank with Brand pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gangplank Brand Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Brand Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Brand
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Brand
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 Brand Will Play
You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.
You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.
Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.
Gangplank Brand Synergy Stats
How to Play with Brand as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Brand synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Brand, 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 Brand. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Brand helps Gangplank perform poorer in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gangplank is an ally to Brand, he sees a barely noticable drop in his full damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Brand does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played alongside Brand on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Brand.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Brand on the same side, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Brand does a poor job of covering Gangplank during teamfights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Brand
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Brand?
There is no top companion for Gangplank that will always be his top synergy. Yet, Brand is a very typical teammate for Gangplank. By playing on the same team as Gangplank, he decreases their win rate by -0.7% to 47.9%. This proves that there is only a small strategic relationship between Gangplank and Brand that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Brand has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Brand comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by grouping Gangplank and Brand together, you will not be providing your other allies enough engage. Make sure to have other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Brand teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Gangplank in order to pair well with Brand during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to use in your Gangplank and Brand synergy build include Bloodthirster, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank bought at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Brand than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Gangplank had an average win rate of 47.9% helping carry Brand with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Gangplank players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Gangplank and Brand pairings, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Brand with Gangplank are presented for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.