Gangplank with Leona
How to Synergize Gangplank and Leona
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Gangplank Leona Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Leona Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Leona
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Leona
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 Leona Will Play
Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.
Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.
You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.
Gangplank Leona Synergy Stats
How to Play with Leona as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Leona synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Leona, 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 Leona. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Leona helps Gangplank perform poorer in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gangplank is paired with Leona, he observes a small increase in his full damage dealt. This difference could signal that Leona supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played alongside Leona on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Leona.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Leona on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Leona does a decent job of covering Gangplank in teamfights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Leona
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Leona?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Gangplank that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. Yet, Leona is a great companion for Gangplank. By being on the same team as Gangplank, she increases their win rate by 3.0% to 51.6%. This shows that there is a strong synergy between Gangplank and Leona that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Leona has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Leona teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Playing alongside, Gangplank players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. Together, these two will be a great protective duo.
Although, by aligning Gangplank and Leona together, you will not be granting your team a lot of AP. We recommend you have other champs on your team that offsets this relative disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Leona ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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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 Leona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to include in your Gangplank and Leona synergy build include Mortal Reminder, Essence Reaver, and Navori Quickblades. When Gangplank incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Leona than with most other typical builds. In fact, Gangplank had an average winrate of 51.6% helping carry Leona with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing 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. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this team composition, this composite of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.6% winrate overall.
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