Gangplank with Nami
How to Synergize Gangplank and Nami
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Gangplank Nami Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Nami
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Nami
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 Nami Will Play
Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.
Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.
Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.
Gangplank Nami Synergy Stats
How to Play with Nami as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Nami synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nami, 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 Nami. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Nami helps Gangplank perform not as well in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank is an ally to Nami, he observes a little decrease in his full damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Nami doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played with Nami on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Nami.
Moreover, when Gangplank plays with Nami on the same side, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Nami does a poor job of covering Gangplank in team fights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Nami
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Nami?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Gangplank that will no matter what be his ideal teammate. However, Nami is a very typical companion for Gangplank. By playing on the same team as Gangplank, she drops their win rate by -0.8% to 47.8%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong synergy between Gangplank and Nami that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Nami has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Nami comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting together, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide a lot of utility for your team. Together, these champs will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Although, by grouping Gangplank and Nami together, you will not be granting your other teammates very much cover. We recommend you include other champions on your team that helps cover this relative gap in their kit.
Regardless of your Nami ally's ability, 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
To truly master Gangplank to synergize with Nami during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to get in your Gangplank and Nami synergy build consist of Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and The Collector. When Gangplank used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Nami than with most other typical builds. In fact, Gangplank had an average win rate of 47.8% helping carry Nami with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating your oponents, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Gangplank and Nami pairings, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Nami with Gangplank are given for all ranked divisions. To scope the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.