Gangplank with Gnar
How to Synergize Gangplank and Gnar
based on 123 Gangplank with Gnar pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gangplank Gnar Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Gnar
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 Gnar Will Play
Position yourself next to walls to bait your enemies into getting stunned by your ultimate.
Know your strengths! Mini Gnar is fast, squishy, and has high sustained damage. Mega Gnar is slow, tough, and has high burst.
Managing your Rage is very important. Try to time out your transformations so you can get maximum benefit from both forms.
Gangplank Gnar Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gnar as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Gnar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gnar, 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 Gnar. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Gnar helps Gangplank perform not as well in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank tries to synergize with Gnar, he gets a noticable increase in his complete damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Gnar supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played together with Gnar on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Gnar.
Moreover, when Gangplank plays with Gnar on the same team, he usually takes more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Gnar does a poor job of covering Gangplank during teamfights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Gnar
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Gnar?
There is no top companion for Gangplank that will no matter what be his top teammate. However, overall, Gnar is a very bad companion for Gangplank. By playing on the same side as Gangplank, he decreases their win rate by -5.5% to 43.1%. This shows that there is a terrible strategic relationship between Gangplank and Gnar that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Gnar has a lower difficulty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be cautious when lining up Gnar teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting alongside, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by bringing Gangplank and Gnar together, you will not be providing your side very much support. Plan to include other champions on your team that neutralizes this gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Gnar ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank in order to pair well with Gnar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to build first in your Gangplank and Gnar synergy build include Essence Reaver, 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 Gnar than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average winrate of 43.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Gnar with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating your oponents, Gangplank players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Demolish, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for this team composition, this set of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 43.1% winrate overall.
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