Kog'Maw with Gangplank
How to Synergize Kog'Maw and Gangplank
based on 417 Kog'Maw with Gangplank pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kog'Maw Gangplank Synergy Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kog'Maw and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw with Gangplank
Make the most out of your Icathian Surprise.
Use Void Ooze to set up a perfect Living Artillery.
Kog'Maw can outrange most champions with his Bio-Arcane Barrage ability.
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.
Kog'Maw Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Kog'Maw in LoL
The Kog'Maw 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, Kog'Maw 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 drop shows that Gangplank helps Kog'Maw perform not as well in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kog'Maw is an ally to Gangplank, he gets a marginal improvement in his full damage dealt. This difference may signal that Gangplank supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Kog'Maw is played alongside Gangplank on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Gangplank. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Gangplank.
Additionally, when Kog'Maw plays with Gangplank on the same team, he typically receives more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Gangplank does a poor job of covering Kog'Maw in teamfights.
Synergies between Kog'Maw and Gangplank
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Is Kog'Maw better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Kog'Maw that will always be his best synergy. However, Gangplank is a terrible companion for Kog'Maw. By playing on the same team as Kog'Maw, he decreases their win rate by -4.2% to 44.8%. This shows that there is a terrible strategic relationship between Kog'Maw and Gangplank that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Gangplank has a greater difficulty than Kog'Maw. That means you need to be very careful when arranging Gangplank allies to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to play well with you.
When playing on the same side, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by bringing Kog'Maw and Gangplank together, you probably will not be giving your team a great deal of utility. Make sure to include other champs on your team that neutralizes this disparity in their kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Gangplank ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Kog'Maw to work well with Gangplank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to prioritize in your Kog'Maw and Gangplank synergy build consist of Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kog'Maw incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Gangplank than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average winrate of 44.8% helping carry Gangplank with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of defeating your oponents, Kog'Maw players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this team composition, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 44.8% win rate overall.
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