Gangplank with Braum
How to Synergize Gangplank and Braum
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Gangplank Braum Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Braum Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Braum
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Braum
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 Braum Will Play
Glacial Fissure leaves a powerful slow zone, position it well to split teamfights and slow the enemy approach.
Leap in front of squishy friends and shield them from projectiles with Unbreakable.
Work with your allies to stack Concussive Blows, encourage them to basic attack marked targets.
Gangplank Braum Synergy Stats
How to Play with Braum as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Braum synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Braum, 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 Braum. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Braum helps Gangplank perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank plays on the same team as Braum, he sees a small increase in his total damage dealt. This difference may signal that Braum supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played together with Braum on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Braum.
Moreover, when Gangplank plays with Braum on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Braum does a decent job of protecting Gangplank during team fights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Braum
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Braum?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Gangplank that will 100% of the time be his best teammate. Yet, Braum is a great companion for Gangplank. By locking into the same side as Gangplank, he raises their win rate by 4.0% to 52.6%. This signals that there is an important bond between Gangplank and Braum that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Braum has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be cautious when lining up Braum allies to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working together, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. Together, these two will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by bringing Gangplank and Braum together, you will not be granting your other allies very much magic damage. Plan to bring other champs on your team that fills this hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Braum ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should 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 to pair well with Braum during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to build first in your Gangplank and Braum synergy build include Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and The Collector. When Gangplank included at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Braum than with most other common builds. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average win rate of 52.6% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Braum with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing your oponents, Gangplank players should take 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 builds we have analyed for this team composition, this sequence of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.6% winrate overall.
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