Gangplank with Olaf
How to Synergize Gangplank and Olaf
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Gangplank Olaf Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Olaf Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Olaf
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Olaf
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 Olaf Will Play
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
Gangplank Olaf Synergy Stats
How to Play with Olaf as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Olaf synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Olaf, 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 Olaf. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Olaf helps Gangplank perform not as well in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gangplank is an ally to Olaf, he sees a small decrease in his full damage output. This change could indicate that Olaf does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played alongside Olaf 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 synergisticly with Olaf.
Moreover, when Gangplank plays with Olaf on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Olaf does a decent job of covering Gangplank during teamfights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Olaf
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Olaf?
There is no ideal synergy for Gangplank that will always be his top teammate. However, Olaf is a pretty good companion for Gangplank. By locking into the same side as Gangplank, he increases their win rate by 1.1% to 49.7%. This proves that there is a good bond between Gangplank and Olaf that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Olaf has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be cautious when finding Olaf allies to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
Fighting together, Gangplank players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by pairing Gangplank and Olaf together, you probably will not be providing your side very much support. Plan to pick other champions on your team that fills this relative hole in their capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Olaf ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Additional Information for Gangplank Players
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Gangplank to work well with Olaf during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to master some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to have in your Gangplank and Olaf synergy build include Essence Reaver, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Olaf than with many other common builds. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average win rate of 49.7% helping carry Olaf with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Gangplank players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Demolish, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for this team composition, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.7% winrate overall.
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