Nunu & Willump with Gangplank
How to Synergize Nunu & Willump and Gangplank
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Nunu & Willump Gangplank Synergy Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Nunu & Willump and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump with Gangplank
Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.
You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.
It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.
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.
Nunu & Willump Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Nunu & Willump in LoL
The Nunu & Willump 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, Nunu & Willump sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gangplank. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Gangplank helps Nunu & Willump perform poorer in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Nunu & Willump plays on the same team as Gangplank, he gets a small increase in his total damage output. This change may indicate that Gangplank supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Nunu & Willump is played alongside Gangplank on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Gangplank.
Additionally, when Nunu & Willump plays with Gangplank on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Gangplank does a poor job of protecting Nunu & Willump in team fights.
Synergies between Nunu & Willump and Gangplank
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Is Nunu & Willump better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no ideal companion for Nunu & Willump that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. However, overall, Gangplank is a decent companion for Nunu & Willump. By being on the same team as Nunu & Willump, he improves their win rate by 1.0% to 48.5%. This proves that there is pretty good bond between Nunu & Willump and Gangplank that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Gangplank has a much greater difficulty compared to Nunu & Willump. That means Nunu & Willump players must be very careful when lining up Gangplank allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
When playing alongside, Nunu & Willump players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these champions will be a great protective duo.
Although, by bringing Nunu & Willump and Gangplank together, you may not be giving your other allies enough support. Make sure to include other champions on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Gangplank ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing 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 Nunu & Willump to pair well with Gangplank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to have in your Nunu & Willump and Gangplank synergy build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump used at least these three items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Gangplank than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average win rate of 48.5% helping carry Gangplank with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for this champion pairing, this order of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.5% winrate overall.
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