Kayn with Gangplank
How to Synergize Kayn and Gangplank
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Kayn Gangplank Synergy Summary
Best Kayn vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kayn and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Kayn with Gangplank
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
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.
Kayn Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Kayn in LoL
The Kayn 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, Kayn sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gangplank. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Gangplank helps Kayn perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kayn is an ally to Gangplank, he gets a little increase in his total damage dealt. This difference may signal that Gangplank supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Kayn is played together with Gangplank on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Gangplank.
Moreover, when Kayn plays with Gangplank on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Gangplank does a poor job of protecting Kayn in teamfights.
Synergies between Kayn and Gangplank
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Is Kayn better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no top synergy for Kayn that will no matter what be his top teammate. However, Gangplank is a below average ally for Kayn. By locking into the same team as Kayn, he lowers their win rate by -2.3% to 46.9%. This demonstrates that there is a bad bond between Kayn and Gangplank that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Gangplank has a greater difficulty than Kayn. That means you need to be very careful when finding Gangplank teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to work well with you.
When playing alongside, Kayn players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by grouping Kayn and Gangplank together, you may not be granting your other allies very much AP. Plan to have other champions on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Gangplank ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, 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
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kayn in order to work well with Gangplank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to use in your Kayn and Gangplank synergy build consist of Serylda's Grudge, Hubris, and Profane Hydra. When Kayn combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Gangplank than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kayn boasted an average win rate of 46.9% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Gangplank with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing your oponents, Kayn players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.9% winrate overall.
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