Gangplank with Maokai
How to Synergize Gangplank and Maokai
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Gangplank Maokai Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Maokai
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Maokai
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 Maokai Will Play
Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.
Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.
Gangplank Maokai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Maokai as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Maokai synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Maokai, 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 Maokai. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Maokai helps Gangplank perform not as well in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank tries to synergize with Maokai, he gets a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Maokai helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played alongside Maokai on the same team, 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 Maokai.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Maokai on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Maokai does a decent job of protecting Gangplank in team fights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Maokai
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Maokai?
There is no top companion for Gangplank that will always be his #1 ally. However, overall, Maokai is a top-tier teammate for Gangplank. By playing on the same team as Gangplank, he improves their win rate by 4.2% to 52.8%. This proves that there is a very real strategic relationship between Gangplank and Maokai that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Maokai has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Maokai teammates to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to work well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Gangplank players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to tank a lot of damage. Combined, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
In contrast, by pairing Gangplank and Maokai together, you may not be granting your other allies a great deal of attack damage. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in their potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Maokai teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down 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 synergize with Maokai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to prioritize in your Gangplank and Maokai synergy build consist of Mortal Reminder, Essence Reaver, and The Collector. When Gangplank used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Maokai than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average winrate of 52.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Maokai with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of defeating your oponents, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this team composition, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.8% win rate overall.
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