Gangplank with Vi
How to Synergize Gangplank and Vi
based on 1,402 Gangplank with Vi pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gangplank Vi Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Vi Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Vi
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Vi
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 Vi Will Play
A fully charged Vault Breaker will deal double damage. It's great for catching and finishing off fleeing enemies.
Relentless Force does full damage to anyone caught in the shockwave. Use it on minions in lane to hit enemies hiding behind them.
Cease and Desist is a powerful initiation tool, just remember not to get too far ahead of the rest of your team.
Gangplank Vi Synergy Stats
How to Play with Vi as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Vi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Vi, 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 Vi. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Vi helps Gangplank perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank is paired with Vi, he observes a small increase in his total damage dealt. This could indicate that Vi helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played alongside Vi on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Vi.
Moreover, when Gangplank plays with Vi on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Vi does a poor job of covering Gangplank during team fights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Vi
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Vi?
There is no top champion pairing for Gangplank that will no matter what be his best synergy. However, overall, Vi is a pretty good teammate for Gangplank. By being on the same side as Gangplank, she raises their win rate by 2.0% to 50.6%. This demonstrates that there is pretty good strategic relationship between Gangplank and Vi that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.
Vi has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Vi comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Working on the same side, Gangplank players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. When paired, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by grouping Gangplank and Vi together, you will not be providing your other teammates a great deal of crowd control. Plan to pick other champs on your team that helps cover this hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Vi ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank to work well with Vi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to master some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Gangplank and Vi synergy build include Mortal Reminder, Essence Reaver, and Navori Quickblades. When Gangplank included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Vi than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Gangplank had an average winrate of 50.6% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Vi with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.6% win rate overall.
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