Gangplank with Ryze
How to Synergize Gangplank and Ryze
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Gangplank Ryze Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Ryze Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Ryze
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Ryze
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 Ryze Will Play
Spell Flux's short cooldown allows it to be used to spread Flux to many enemies.
Use Overload's passive to optimize for maximum damage or maximum speed.
Ryze can move and cast other spells while Realm Warp is charging without cancelling the portal.
Gangplank Ryze Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ryze as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Ryze synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ryze, 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 Ryze. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Ryze helps Gangplank perform not as well in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank is an ally to Ryze, he sees a little increase in his total damage dealt. This could signal that Ryze provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played with Ryze on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Ryze.
Moreover, when Gangplank plays with Ryze on the same side, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Ryze does a poor job of covering Gangplank in teamfights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Ryze
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Ryze?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Gangplank that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. However, Ryze is a decent companion for Gangplank. By playing on the same team as Gangplank, he raises their win rate by 1.8% to 50.4%. This signals that there is a somewhat important strategic relationship between Gangplank and Ryze that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Ryze has a lower difficulty than Gangplank. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Ryze comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by grouping Gangplank and Ryze together, you may not be giving your team a lot of protection for burst damage. We recommend you have other champs on your team that fills this relative gap in their kit.
Regardless of your Ryze ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, 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 synergize with Ryze during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to include in your Gangplank and Ryze synergy build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Essence Reaver, and The Collector. When Gangplank incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Ryze than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average winrate of 50.4% helping carry Ryze with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing your oponents, Gangplank players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Ryze with Gangplank are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you may use the selection menu at the top of this page.