Gangplank with Kayle
How to Synergize Gangplank and Kayle
based on 525 Gangplank with Kayle pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gangplank Kayle Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Kayle Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Kayle
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Kayle
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 Kayle Will Play
Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.
Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.
Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.
Gangplank Kayle Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kayle as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Kayle synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kayle, 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 Kayle. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Kayle helps Gangplank perform poorer in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gangplank plays on the same team as Kayle, he sees a barely noticable drop in his full damage dealt. This could signal that Kayle doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played alongside Kayle on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Kayle.
Moreover, when Gangplank plays with Kayle on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Kayle does a decent job of covering Gangplank during teamfights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Kayle
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Kayle?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Gangplank that will no matter what be his top teammate. Yet, overall, Kayle is a top-tier ally for Gangplank. By locking into the same team as Gangplank, she raises their win rate by 3.2% to 51.8%. This shows that there is a strong strategic relationship between Gangplank and Kayle that allows them to perform better together than alone.
Kayle has a lower difficulty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be cautious when lining up Kayle comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Playing alongside, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by aligning Gangplank and Kayle together, you will not be giving your other teammates very much support. Plan to bring other champs on your team that offsets this gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Kayle ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Gangplank in order to work well with Kayle during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best items to have in your Gangplank and Kayle synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Essence Reaver, and The Collector. When Gangplank incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Kayle than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average winrate of 51.8% helping carry Kayle with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing 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. Of all the rune combinations players used for this team composition, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.8% winrate overall.
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