Gangplank with Kayn
How to Synergize Gangplank and Kayn
based on 2,309 Gangplank with Kayn pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gangplank Kayn Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Kayn
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Kayn
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 Kayn Will Play
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
Gangplank Kayn Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kayn as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Kayn synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kayn, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kayn. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Kayn helps Gangplank perform not as well in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank is an ally to Kayn, he sees a small increase in his full damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Kayn supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played alongside Kayn on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Kayn. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Kayn.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Kayn on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Kayn does a poor job of covering Gangplank during team fights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Kayn
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Kayn?
There is no ideal synergy for Gangplank that will always be his top synergy. Yet, Kayn is a not very good companion for Gangplank. By playing on the same side as Gangplank, he drops their win rate by -1.7% to 46.9%. This shows that there is a harmful synergy between Gangplank and Kayn that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Kayn has a lower difficulty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be careful when enlisting Kayn teammates 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 fight well with you.
Playing on the same side, Gangplank players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by grouping Gangplank and Kayn together, you will not be granting your other allies a lot of magic damage. We recommend you have other champs on your team that fills this hole in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Kayn teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Gangplank to work well with Kayn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to get in your Gangplank and Kayn synergy build include Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and The Collector. When Gangplank included at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Kayn than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gangplank had an average winrate of 46.9% when playing alongside Kayn with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating 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. Out of all the rune combinations players used for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.9% winrate overall.
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