Gangplank with Nasus
How to Synergize Gangplank and Nasus
based on 399 Gangplank with Nasus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gangplank Nasus Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Nasus
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Nasus
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 Nasus Will Play
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
Gangplank Nasus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Nasus as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Nasus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nasus, 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 Nasus. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Nasus helps Gangplank perform worse in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank plays on the same team as Nasus, he gets a little drop in his full damage dealt. This may indicate that Nasus does not help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played alongside Nasus 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 Nasus.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Nasus on the same side, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Nasus does a decent job of covering Gangplank in teamfights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Nasus
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Nasus?
There is no ideal synergy for Gangplank that will always be his best teammate. However, Nasus is a very typical companion for Gangplank. By locking into the same side as Gangplank, he improves their win rate by 0.5% to 49.1%. This proves that there is a weak synergy between Gangplank and Nasus that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Nasus has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means you don't need to be very careful when arranging Nasus allies to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by pairing Gangplank and Nasus together, you may not be giving your other allies a lot of crowd control. Make sure to have other champs on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Nasus teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Gangplank in order to synergize with Nasus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to use in your Gangplank and Nasus synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Essence Reaver, and Navori Quickblades. When Gangplank incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Nasus than with most other typical builds. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average win rate of 49.1% helping carry Nasus with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should take 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 builds we have analyed for Gangplank and Nasus pairings, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.1% winrate overall.
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