Gangplank with Gwen
How to Synergize Gangplank and Gwen
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Gangplank Gwen Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Gwen
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 Gwen Will Play
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
Gangplank Gwen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gwen as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Gwen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gwen, 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 Gwen. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Gwen helps Gangplank perform not as well in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank is an ally to Gwen, he gets a little increase in his total damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Gwen helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played alongside Gwen on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Gwen. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Gwen.
Moreover, when Gangplank plays with Gwen on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Gwen does a decent job of protecting Gangplank during teamfights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Gwen
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Gwen?
There is no ideal companion for Gangplank that will no matter what be his ideal teammate. Yet, overall, Gwen is a decent companion for Gangplank. By locking into the same team as Gangplank, she improves their win rate by 1.7% to 50.3%. This demonstrates that there is a good bond between Gangplank and Gwen that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Gwen has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Gwen teammates to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
Fighting alongside, Gangplank players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by aligning Gangplank and Gwen together, you probably will not be providing your side very much crowd control. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that nullifies this hole in their potential.
Regardless of your Gwen ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, 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 in order to pair well with Gwen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to use in your Gangplank and Gwen synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Gwen than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Gangplank had an average winrate of 50.3% helping carry Gwen with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for this team composition, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.3% win rate overall.
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