Kassadin with Gangplank
How to Synergize Kassadin and Gangplank
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Kassadin Gangplank Synergy Summary
Best Kassadin vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kassadin and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Kassadin with Gangplank
Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.
Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.
Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.
Advice to Understand How Gangplank Will Play
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.
Kassadin Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Kassadin in LoL
The Kassadin Gangplank synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gangplank, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Kassadin sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gangplank. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Gangplank helps Kassadin perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kassadin is paired with Gangplank, he observes a little increase in his full damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Gangplank supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Kassadin is played alongside Gangplank on the same team, 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 Gangplank.
Moreover, when Kassadin plays with Gangplank on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Gangplank does a poor job of covering Kassadin in team fights.
Synergies between Kassadin and Gangplank
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Is Kassadin better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Kassadin that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Gangplank is a very typical companion for Kassadin. By locking into the same team as Kassadin, he improves their win rate by 0.9% to 50.9%. This demonstrates that there is a weak bond between Kassadin and Gangplank that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Gangplank has a greater difficulty than Kassadin. That means you must be careful when arranging Gangplank allies to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. When paired, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by pairing Kassadin and Gangplank together, you may not be providing your side a great deal of utility. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that helps cover this relative gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Gangplank ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Kassadin to synergize with Gangplank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to have in your Kassadin and Gangplank synergy build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Malignance. When Kassadin combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Gangplank than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Kassadin had an average winrate of 50.9% when playing alongside Gangplank with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for this champion pairing, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.9% win rate overall.
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