Talon with Gangplank
How to Synergize Talon and Gangplank
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Talon Gangplank Synergy Summary
Best Talon vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Talon and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Talon with Gangplank
Shadow Assault is a powerful escape tool, but can also be offensively used to assault a group.
You can use Assassin's Path to get behind the enemy and set up for Noxian Diplomacy's melee attack.
Remember to pick your target before the fight. Focusing all of Talon's abilities on one target can be very rewarding, but splitting them up between many may leave you helpless.
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.
Talon Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Talon in LoL
The Talon 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, Talon sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gangplank. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Gangplank helps Talon perform not as well in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Talon plays on the same team as Gangplank, he observes a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This difference could signal that Gangplank supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Talon is played alongside Gangplank on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Gangplank. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Gangplank.
Moreover, when Talon plays with Gangplank on the same team, he often takes more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Gangplank does a poor job of protecting Talon during team fights.
Synergies between Talon and Gangplank
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Is Talon better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no ideal ally for Talon that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. However, Gangplank is a pretty good ally for Talon. By locking into the same team as Talon, he improves their win rate by 1.0% to 50.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a somewhat important bond between Talon and Gangplank that allows them to perform better together than alone.
Gangplank has a greater difficulty than Talon. That means Talon players should be careful when finding Gangplank allies to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
When playing alongside, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by aligning Talon and Gangplank together, you may not be granting your team much magical damage output. Plan to include other champs on your team that helps cover this relative gap in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Gangplank teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Talon to synergize with Gangplank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to have in your Talon and Gangplank synergy build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Opportunity. When Talon bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Gangplank than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Talon had an average win rate of 50.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Gangplank with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing your oponents, Talon players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Talon and Gangplank pairings, this composite of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.0% win rate overall.
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