Gangplank with Karthus
How to Synergize Gangplank and Karthus
based on 734 Gangplank with Karthus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gangplank Karthus Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Karthus
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Karthus
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 Karthus Will Play
Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.
Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.
Gangplank Karthus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Karthus as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Karthus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Karthus, 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 Karthus. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Karthus helps Gangplank perform not as well in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gangplank is paired with Karthus, he observes a marginal improvement in his complete damage output. This could signal that Karthus supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played with Karthus 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 with Karthus.
Moreover, when Gangplank plays with Karthus on the same side, he usually receives more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Karthus does a poor job of covering Gangplank in teamfights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Karthus
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Karthus?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Gangplank that will no matter what be his best teammate. However, overall, Karthus is a very typical companion for Gangplank. By locking into the same team as Gangplank, he drops their win rate by -0.8% to 47.8%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak strategic relationship between Gangplank and Karthus that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Karthus has a lower difficulty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be cautious when arranging Karthus comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Playing on the same side, Gangplank players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by pairing Gangplank and Karthus together, you will not be granting your side a great deal of utility. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that offsets this relative gap in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Karthus teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, 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 Karthus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to have in your Gangplank and Karthus synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Essence Reaver, and The Collector. When Gangplank combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Karthus than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average winrate of 47.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Karthus with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating 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. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.8% winrate overall.
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