Gangplank with Kai'Sa
How to Synergize Gangplank and Kai'Sa
based on 2,264 Gangplank with Kai'Sa pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gangplank Kai'Sa Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Kai'Sa Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Kai'Sa
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Kai'Sa
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 Kai'Sa Will Play
Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.
Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.
Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.
Gangplank Kai'Sa Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kai'Sa as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Kai'Sa synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kai'Sa, 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 Kai'Sa. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Kai'Sa helps Gangplank perform poorer in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gangplank plays on the same team as Kai'Sa, he sees a little decrease in his complete damage output. This difference may indicate that Kai'Sa does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played together with Kai'Sa on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Kai'Sa.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Kai'Sa on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Kai'Sa does a decent job of protecting Gangplank in team fights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Kai'Sa
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Kai'Sa?
There is no perfect synergy for Gangplank that will always be his ideal synergy. Yet, Kai'Sa is a very bad companion for Gangplank. By being on the same team as Gangplank, she decreases their win rate by -4.4% to 44.2%. This clearly indicates that there is a very bad strategic relationship between Gangplank and Kai'Sa that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Kai'Sa has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Kai'Sa allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Gangplank players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Combined, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by aligning Gangplank and Kai'Sa together, you may not be granting your other teammates enough support. Plan to bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in their kit.
Regardless of your Kai'Sa ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down 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 synergize with Kai'Sa during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to include in your Gangplank and Kai'Sa synergy build include Mortal Reminder, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank included at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Kai'Sa than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average win rate of 44.2% when playing alongside Kai'Sa with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Gangplank and Kai'Sa pairings, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 44.2% winrate overall.
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