Master Yi with Gangplank
How to Synergize Master Yi and Gangplank
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Master Yi Gangplank Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Master Yi and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Master Yi with Gangplank
If you're in a lane against ranged players, leveling up Meditate can allow you to stay in the lane longer and gain levels faster than they will.
Try using Alpha Strike on a minion in front of an enemy champion so you are placed at a safe distance at the end of the spell.
Wuju Style is very strong early for last hitting minions.
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.
Master Yi Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Master Yi in LoL
The Master Yi 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, Master Yi sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gangplank. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Gangplank helps Master Yi perform worse in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Master Yi plays on the same team as Gangplank, he observes a little increase in his full damage output. This difference may indicate that Gangplank helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Master Yi is played together with Gangplank on the same team, 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 Master Yi plays with Gangplank on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Gangplank does a poor job of covering Master Yi during team fights.
Synergies between Master Yi and Gangplank
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Is Master Yi better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no top synergy for Master Yi that will no matter what be his top synergy. However, overall, Gangplank is a very typical ally for Master Yi. By being on the same team as Master Yi, he improves their win rate by 0.5% to 51.1%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Master Yi and Gangplank that allows them to perform better together than alone.
Gangplank has a much greater difficulty compared to Master Yi. That means Master Yi players need to be careful when lining up Gangplank allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much higher level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by grouping Master Yi and Gangplank together, you will not be giving your other allies enough utility. Plan to pick other champions on your team that nullifies this gap in their kit.
Regardless of your Gangplank ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Master Yi to work well with Gangplank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to use in your Master Yi and Gangplank synergy build include Blade of The Ruined King, Death's Dance, and Kraken Slayer. When Master Yi combined at least these three great items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Gangplank than with most other typical builds. In fact, Master Yi had an average winrate of 51.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Gangplank with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating your oponents, Master Yi players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for this team composition, this set of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.1% winrate overall.
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