Rek'Sai with Gangplank
How to Synergize Rek'Sai and Gangplank
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Rek'Sai Gangplank Synergy Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Rek'Sai and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai with Gangplank
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
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.
Rek'Sai Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Rek'Sai in LoL
The Rek'Sai 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, Rek'Sai 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 Rek'Sai perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Rek'Sai tries to synergize with Gangplank, he observes a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This change may demonstrate that Gangplank supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Rek'Sai is played alongside Gangplank on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Gangplank.
Additionally, when Rek'Sai plays with Gangplank on the same side, he typically takes more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Gangplank does a poor job of covering Rek'Sai during team fights.
Synergies between Rek'Sai and Gangplank
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Is Rek'Sai better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Rek'Sai that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. However, Gangplank is a not very good teammate for Rek'Sai. By locking into the same side as Rek'Sai, he decreases their win rate by -2.6% to 45.8%. This proves that there is a bad bond between Rek'Sai and Gangplank that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Gangplank has a much greater difficulty compared to Rek'Sai. That means Rek'Sai players should be very careful when arranging Gangplank allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much higher level of skill to do well with you.
Working on the same side, Rek'Sai players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by grouping Rek'Sai and Gangplank together, you probably will not be granting your side very much magic damage. Plan to bring other champions on your team that helps cover this disparity in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Gangplank ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Rek'Sai to work well with Gangplank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to prioritize in your Rek'Sai and Gangplank synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Gangplank than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Rek'Sai boasted an average winrate of 45.8% when playing alongside Gangplank with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Rek'Sai players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.8% win rate overall.
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