Taric with Gangplank
How to Synergize Taric and Gangplank
based on 551 Taric with Gangplank pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Taric Gangplank Synergy Summary
Best Taric vs Gangplank Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Taric Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Synergizing Taric and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Taric with Gangplank
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
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.
Taric Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Taric in LoL
The Taric 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, Taric 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 worsening shows that Gangplank helps Taric perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Taric plays on the same team as Gangplank, he sees a small increase in his complete damage output. This change may signal that Gangplank supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Taric is played together with Gangplank on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Gangplank.
Moreover, when Taric plays with Gangplank on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Gangplank does a poor job of covering Taric in team fights.
Synergies between Taric and Gangplank
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Contrasted
Is Taric better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no one best ally for Taric that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. Yet, Gangplank is a pretty good ally for Taric. By playing on the same side as Taric, he raises their win rate by 1.0% to 53.2%. This signals that there is pretty good synergy between Taric and Gangplank that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Gangplank has a much greater difficulty compared to Taric. That means you need to be careful when arranging Gangplank teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to do well with you.
Playing on the same side, Taric players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. Combined, these champions will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Conversely, by pairing Taric and Gangplank together, you will not be granting your other allies enough magical damage output. We recommend you have other champions on your team that offsets this relative hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Gangplank ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
Other Champion Matchups Against Taric
Other Top Synergies by Role
Additional Information for Taric Players
How We Calculated Our Taric Gangplank Synergy Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Taric to pair well with Gangplank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The best items to build first in your Taric and Gangplank synergy build consist of Fimbulwinter, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Taric included at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Gangplank than with many other common builds. In fact, Taric had an average win rate of 53.2% when playing alongside Gangplank with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, Taric players should equip the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Taric and Gangplank pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Gangplank with Taric are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.