Samira with Gangplank
How to Synergize Samira and Gangplank
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Samira Gangplank Synergy Summary
Best Samira vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Samira and Gangplank
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.
Samira Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Samira in LoL
The Samira Gangplank synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gangplank, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Samira sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gangplank. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Gangplank helps Samira perform worse in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Samira is an ally to Gangplank, she sees a little increase in her total damage output. This change may signal that Gangplank supports by providing cover for her to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Samira is played with Gangplank on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Gangplank. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Gangplank.
Moreover, when Samira plays with Gangplank on the same side, she typically takes a little more damage than when she plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Gangplank does a poor job of covering Samira in team fights.
Synergies between Samira and Gangplank
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Is Samira better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no perfect synergy for Samira that will no matter what be her #1 ally. Yet, Gangplank is a below average ally for Samira. By playing on the same side as Samira, he drops their win rate by -1.1% to 47.6%. This signals that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Samira and Gangplank that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Gangplank has a greater difficulty than Samira. That means Samira players need to be cautious when enlisting Gangplank teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to play well with you.
Working on the same side, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by aligning Samira and Gangplank together, you probably will not be granting your side a lot of crowd control. Plan to bring other champs on your team that helps cover this relative gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Gangplank ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Samira to synergize with Gangplank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to get in your Samira and Gangplank synergy build consist of Guardian Angel, Infinity Edge, and The Collector. When Samira combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better as an ally of Gangplank than with most other typical builds. In fact, Samira boasted an average win rate of 47.6% helping carry Gangplank with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating your oponents, Samira players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Samira and Gangplank pairings, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.6% winrate overall.
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