Gangplank with Heimerdinger
How to Synergize Gangplank and Heimerdinger
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Gangplank Heimerdinger Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Heimerdinger
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 Heimerdinger Will Play
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
Gangplank Heimerdinger Synergy Stats
How to Play with Heimerdinger as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Heimerdinger synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Heimerdinger, 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 Heimerdinger. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Heimerdinger helps Gangplank perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gangplank tries to synergize with Heimerdinger, he sees a little drop in his full damage output. This could demonstrate that Heimerdinger doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played with Heimerdinger on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Heimerdinger. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Heimerdinger.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Heimerdinger on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Heimerdinger does a decent job of protecting Gangplank during team fights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Heimerdinger
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Heimerdinger?
There is no ideal companion for Gangplank that will always be his #1 synergy. However, overall, Heimerdinger is a very typical companion for Gangplank. By playing on the same side as Gangplank, he raises their win rate by 0.2% to 48.8%. This proves that there is a weak strategic relationship between Gangplank and Heimerdinger that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.
Heimerdinger has a lower difficulty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be careful when enlisting Heimerdinger teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a lower level of skill to play well with you.
Working together, Gangplank players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by aligning Gangplank and Heimerdinger together, you will not be giving your other allies much AD. Plan to include other champions on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in their kit.
Regardless of your Heimerdinger ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, 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
To truly master Gangplank to synergize with Heimerdinger during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to include in your Gangplank and Heimerdinger synergy build consist of Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and Navori Quickblades. When Gangplank bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Heimerdinger than with most other typical builds. In fact, Gangplank had an average win rate of 48.8% helping carry Heimerdinger with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Gangplank players should equip 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 runes players chose for Gangplank and Heimerdinger pairings, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.8% winrate overall.
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