Lucian with Gangplank
How to Synergize Lucian and Gangplank
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Lucian Gangplank Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Lucian and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Lucian with Gangplank
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
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.
Lucian Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Lucian in LoL
The Lucian 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, Lucian sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gangplank. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Gangplank helps Lucian perform not as well in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Lucian plays on the same team as Gangplank, he sees a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This change could signal that Gangplank helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Lucian is played alongside Gangplank on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Gangplank.
Moreover, when Lucian plays with Gangplank on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Gangplank does a poor job of protecting Lucian during teamfights.
Synergies between Lucian and Gangplank
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Is Lucian better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Lucian that will no matter what be his best ally. However, Gangplank is a relatively poor companion for Lucian. By being on the same side as Lucian, he lowers their win rate by -1.2% to 47.6%. This shows that there is a harmful bond between Lucian and Gangplank that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Gangplank has a greater difficulty than Lucian. That means Lucian players must be careful when arranging Gangplank comrades to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to do well with you.
Fighting alongside, Lucian players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by aligning Lucian and Gangplank together, you probably will not be providing your other allies a lot of crowd control. Plan to include other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Gangplank ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Lucian to synergize with Gangplank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to prioritize in your Lucian and Gangplank synergy build include Bloodthirster, Rapid Firecannon, and Kraken Slayer. When Lucian used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Gangplank than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Lucian had an average winrate of 47.6% helping carry Gangplank with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing your oponents, Lucian players should equip the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.6% winrate overall.
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