Malphite with Gangplank
How to Synergize Malphite and Gangplank
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Malphite Gangplank Synergy Summary
Best Malphite vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Gangplank
Despite his abilities scaling on Armor, some games require Malphite to get Magic Resist. When those games occur, try getting Aegis of the Legion, Mercury's Treads, and Guardian Angel.
Armor naturally reduces the rate that attacks go through Granite Shield, so Brutal Strikes will strengthen the shield against physical damage.
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.
Malphite Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite 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, Malphite 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 worsening shows that Gangplank helps Malphite perform poorer in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malphite is paired with Gangplank, he gets a marginal improvement in his complete damage output. This may indicate that Gangplank provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played 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 synergisticly with Gangplank.
Moreover, when Malphite plays with Gangplank on the same side, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Gangplank does a poor job of protecting Malphite during teamfights.
Synergies between Malphite and Gangplank
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Malphite that will no matter what be his top ally. However, Gangplank is a relatively poor ally for Malphite. By locking into the same team as Malphite, he decreases their win rate by -2.6% to 47.5%. This shows that there is a negative bond between Malphite and Gangplank that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Gangplank has a much greater difficulty compared to Malphite. That means Malphite players must be careful when enlisting Gangplank comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
When playing on the same side, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to soak up damage. When paired, these champs will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Conversely, by pairing Malphite and Gangplank together, you will not be providing your team enough AP. We recommend you have other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in their kit.
Regardless of your Gangplank ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, 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 learn all of the intricacies of Malphite to synergize with Gangplank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to include in your Malphite and Gangplank synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Frozen Heart. When Malphite included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Gangplank than with many other common item sets. In fact, Malphite boasted an average winrate of 47.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Gangplank with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Malphite and Gangplank pairings, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.5% winrate overall.
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