Katarina with Gangplank
How to Synergize Katarina and Gangplank
based on 1,663 Katarina with Gangplank pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Katarina Gangplank Synergy Summary
Best Katarina vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Katarina and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Katarina with Gangplank
Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.
Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.
Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.
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.
Katarina Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Katarina in LoL
The Katarina Gangplank synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gangplank, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Katarina sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gangplank. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Gangplank helps Katarina perform poorer in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Katarina is paired with Gangplank, she gets a small increase in her total damage output. This may indicate that Gangplank supports by providing cover for her to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Katarina is played alongside Gangplank on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Gangplank.
Moreover, when Katarina plays with Gangplank on the same side, she typically receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Gangplank does a poor job of protecting Katarina during team fights.
Synergies between Katarina and Gangplank
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Is Katarina better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Katarina that will 100% of the time be her best synergy. Yet, Gangplank is a very typical ally for Katarina. By playing on the same side as Katarina, he improves their win rate by 0.7% to 49.5%. This shows that there is only a small bond between Katarina and Gangplank that results in them performing better together than alone.
Gangplank has a greater difficulty than Katarina. That means you must be careful when lining up Gangplank teammates to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to work well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by pairing Katarina and Gangplank together, you will not be providing your other teammates much utility. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Gangplank ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, 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
To learn all of the intricacies of Katarina to synergize with Gangplank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to build first in your Katarina and Gangplank synergy build include Nashor's Tooth, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Katarina incorporated at least these three great items in her build, she did much better as an ally of Gangplank than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Katarina boasted an average win rate of 49.5% when playing alongside Gangplank with this build.
To have the best probability of annihilating your oponents, Katarina players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Triumph, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Katarina and Gangplank pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.5% win rate overall.
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