Gangplank with Mordekaiser
How to Synergize Gangplank and Mordekaiser
based on 1,313 Gangplank with Mordekaiser pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gangplank Mordekaiser Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Mordekaiser Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Mordekaiser
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Mordekaiser
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 Mordekaiser Will Play
Hitting multiple champions with the same ability can help quickly activate Darkness Rise.
Offense is your defense. Keep fighting to build up larger Indestructible shields.
Use Realm of Death on a low health enemy to guarantee the kill and keep their stats for the rest of a teamfight.
Gangplank Mordekaiser Synergy Stats
How to Play with Mordekaiser as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Mordekaiser synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Mordekaiser, 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 Mordekaiser. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Mordekaiser helps Gangplank perform poorer in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank tries to synergize with Mordekaiser, he sees a small decrease in his total damage dealt. This could indicate that Mordekaiser does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played together with Mordekaiser on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Mordekaiser. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Mordekaiser.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Mordekaiser on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Mordekaiser does a decent job of protecting Gangplank in teamfights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Mordekaiser
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Mordekaiser?
There is no top ally for Gangplank that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. However, Mordekaiser is a fantastic companion for Gangplank. By being on the same team as Gangplank, he improves their win rate by 5.6% to 54.2%. This signals that there is a very strong synergy between Gangplank and Mordekaiser that results in them performing better together than alone.
Mordekaiser has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means you don't need to be careful when finding Mordekaiser allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
When playing on the same side, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. Combined, these two will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by aligning Gangplank and Mordekaiser together, you may not be giving your other teammates a lot of crowd control. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that helps cover this hole in their abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Mordekaiser ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Gangplank to pair well with Mordekaiser during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to get in your Gangplank and Mordekaiser synergy build consist of Bloodthirster, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank used at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Mordekaiser than with most other typical builds. In fact, Gangplank had an average win rate of 54.2% when playing alongside Mordekaiser with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of defeating your oponents, you should equip 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 sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 54.2% winrate overall.
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