Gangplank with Ziggs
How to Synergize Gangplank and Ziggs
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Gangplank Ziggs Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Ziggs
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Ziggs
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 Ziggs Will Play
Even if you're far from a fight you can still help from afar with Mega Inferno Bomb.
Slowing your enemies with Hexplosive Minefield makes it easier to land other abilities.
Knocking yourself over walls with Satchel Charge can be great when chasing after or escaping from enemies.
Gangplank Ziggs Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ziggs as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Ziggs synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ziggs, 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 Ziggs. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Ziggs helps Gangplank perform worse in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank plays on the same team as Ziggs, he gets a marginal improvement in his complete damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Ziggs supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played together with Ziggs on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Ziggs. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Ziggs.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Ziggs on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Ziggs does a poor job of covering Gangplank during team fights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Ziggs
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Ziggs?
There is no ideal synergy for Gangplank that will no matter what be his best synergy. However, overall, Ziggs is a very bad companion for Gangplank. By locking into the same team as Gangplank, he lowers their win rate by -5.0% to 43.6%. This signals that there is a terrible bond between Gangplank and Ziggs that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Ziggs has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Ziggs allies to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working alongside, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. Combined, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by grouping Gangplank and Ziggs together, you may not be giving your team enough crowd control. We recommend you have other champs on your team that helps cover this gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Ziggs ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Gangplank in order to synergize with Ziggs during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to get in your Gangplank and Ziggs synergy build include Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and The Collector. When Gangplank included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Ziggs than with most other common builds. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average winrate of 43.6% helping carry Ziggs with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Gangplank players should equip 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 players used for this team composition, this composite of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 43.6% winrate overall.
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