Gangplank with Draven
How to Synergize Gangplank and Draven
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Gangplank Draven Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Draven Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Draven
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Draven
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 Draven Will Play
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
Gangplank Draven Synergy Stats
How to Play with Draven as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Draven synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Draven, 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 Draven. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Draven helps Gangplank perform poorer in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gangplank tries to synergize with Draven, he observes a barely noticable drop in his full damage output. This difference may signal that Draven doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played alongside Draven on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Draven.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Draven on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Draven does a decent job of protecting Gangplank in teamfights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Draven
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Draven?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Gangplank that will no matter what be his #1 ally. However, overall, Draven is a very typical ally for Gangplank. By locking into the same team as Gangplank, he raises their win rate by 0.5% to 49.1%. This shows that there is not really a strong synergy between Gangplank and Draven that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Draven has a lower difficulty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be careful when lining up Draven teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Gangplank players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by bringing Gangplank and Draven together, you will not be providing your other allies enough magical damage output. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that fills this relative hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Draven ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Gangplank to pair well with Draven during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to prioritize in your Gangplank and Draven synergy build include Essence Reaver, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Draven than with many other common builds. In fact, Gangplank had an average winrate of 49.1% helping carry Draven with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing 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. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this team composition, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.1% win rate overall.
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