Gangplank with Katarina
How to Synergize Gangplank and Katarina
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Gangplank Katarina Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Katarina Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Katarina
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Katarina
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 Katarina Will Play
Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.
Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.
Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.
Gangplank Katarina Synergy Stats
How to Play with Katarina as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Katarina synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Katarina, 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 Katarina. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Katarina helps Gangplank perform worse in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gangplank is an ally to Katarina, he observes a little decrease in his complete damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Katarina doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played with Katarina on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Katarina.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Katarina on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Katarina does a decent job of protecting Gangplank during teamfights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Katarina
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Katarina?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Gangplank that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. Yet, Katarina is a very typical ally for Gangplank. By playing on the same side as Gangplank, she increases their win rate by 0.9% to 49.5%. This signals that there is a weak strategic relationship between Gangplank and Katarina that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.
Katarina has a lower difficulty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be very careful when lining up Katarina teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a lower level of skill to work well with you.
Working on the same side, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Together, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by bringing Gangplank and Katarina together, you will not be granting your team much support. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that helps cover this gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Katarina ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Gangplank in order to synergize with Katarina during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best items to have in your Gangplank and Katarina synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Essence Reaver. When Gangplank used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Katarina than with most other common item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average win rate of 49.5% when playing alongside Katarina with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Gangplank players 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 combinations that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.5% winrate overall.
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