Gangplank with Ezreal
How to Synergize Gangplank and Ezreal
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Gangplank Ezreal Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Ezreal Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Ezreal
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Ezreal
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 Ezreal Will Play
Use Arcane Shift to help line up your other skill shots.
You can line up Trueshot Barrage to hit multiple minion waves or even Monsters.
You can play Ezreal either as a Attack Damage carry or Ability Power carry depending on how you build him.
Gangplank Ezreal Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ezreal as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Ezreal synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ezreal, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ezreal. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Ezreal helps Gangplank perform poorer in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank plays on the same team as Ezreal, he gets a small decrease in his total damage output. This could demonstrate that Ezreal doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played alongside Ezreal on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Ezreal. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Ezreal.
Moreover, when Gangplank plays with Ezreal on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Ezreal does a poor job of covering Gangplank in team fights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Ezreal
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Ezreal?
There is no top synergy for Gangplank that will always be his #1 ally. Yet, Ezreal is a relatively poor companion for Gangplank. By being on the same team as Gangplank, he lowers their win rate by -2.9% to 45.7%. This signals that there is a bad bond between Gangplank and Ezreal that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Ezreal has a lower difficulty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be careful when arranging Ezreal allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to do well with you.
Playing together, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by pairing Gangplank and Ezreal together, you may not be providing your team very much crowd control. Plan to pick other champions on your team that fills this relative gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Ezreal ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Gangplank in order to synergize with Ezreal during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to focus on in your Gangplank and Ezreal synergy build consist of Bloodthirster, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Ezreal than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average winrate of 45.7% helping carry Ezreal with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of annihilating 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 players picked for Gangplank and Ezreal pairings, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 45.7% winrate overall.
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