Gangplank with Talon
How to Synergize Gangplank and Talon
based on 900 Gangplank with Talon pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gangplank Talon Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Talon Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Talon
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Talon
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 Talon Will Play
Shadow Assault is a powerful escape tool, but can also be offensively used to assault a group.
You can use Assassin's Path to get behind the enemy and set up for Noxian Diplomacy's melee attack.
Remember to pick your target before the fight. Focusing all of Talon's abilities on one target can be very rewarding, but splitting them up between many may leave you helpless.
Gangplank Talon Synergy Stats
How to Play with Talon as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Talon synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Talon, 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 Talon. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Talon helps Gangplank perform poorer in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank tries to synergize with Talon, he observes a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Talon helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played with Talon on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Talon. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Talon.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Talon on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Talon does a poor job of protecting Gangplank during teamfights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Talon
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Talon?
There is no one best companion for Gangplank that will always be his ideal teammate. However, Talon is a pretty good teammate for Gangplank. By playing on the same team as Gangplank, he improves their win rate by 1.4% to 50.0%. This proves that there is a somewhat important bond between Gangplank and Talon that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Talon has a lower difficulty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be careful when finding Talon allies to play with, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by pairing Gangplank and Talon together, you may not be providing your team enough magic damage. Make sure to have other champions on your team that offsets this relative gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Talon ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Gangplank in order to work well with Talon during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to have in your Gangplank and Talon synergy build include Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and The Collector. When Gangplank combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Talon than with most other common builds. In fact, Gangplank had an average winrate of 50.0% when playing alongside Talon with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating 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 combinations players used for Gangplank and Talon pairings, this order of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.0% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Talon with Gangplank are presented for all ranked divisions. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.