Rumble with Gangplank
How to Synergize Rumble and Gangplank
based on 541 Rumble with Gangplank pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Rumble Gangplank Synergy Summary
Best Rumble vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Rumble and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Rumble with Gangplank
Try and keep targets in the range of your Flamespitter. It can deal a lot of damage overtime.
If you are winning a fight you can use your ultimate to wall off an escape path.
Try and pace yourself to stay in the Danger Zone to maximize your effectiveness. It is easy to overheat if you rapidly use your abilities.
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.
Rumble Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Rumble in LoL
The Rumble 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, Rumble sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gangplank. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Gangplank helps Rumble perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Rumble is an ally to Gangplank, he gets a small decrease in his complete damage output. This difference could signal that Gangplank does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Rumble is played with Gangplank on the same side, 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 Rumble plays with Gangplank on the same team, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Gangplank does a poor job of protecting Rumble in team fights.
Synergies between Rumble and Gangplank
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Is Rumble better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no ideal companion for Rumble that will 100% of the time be his best synergy. Yet, Gangplank is a terrible companion for Rumble. By being on the same team as Rumble, he decreases their win rate by -4.9% to 44.4%. This demonstrates that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Rumble and Gangplank that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Gangplank has a lower difficulty than Rumble. That means Rumble players don't need to be very careful when arranging Gangplank teammates to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
When playing alongside, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Combined, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by bringing Rumble and Gangplank together, you may not be giving your side enough crowd control. We recommend you include other champs on your team that neutralizes this disparity in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Gangplank teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Additional Information for Rumble Players
How We Calculated Our Rumble Gangplank Synergy Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Rumble to pair well with Gangplank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to focus on in your Rumble and Gangplank synergy build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Stormsurge, and Liandry's Torment. When Rumble combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Gangplank than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Rumble boasted an average win rate of 44.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Gangplank with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Rumble players should use the Arcane Comet, Nimbus Cloak, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this team composition, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 44.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Gangplank with Rumble are given for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.