Volibear with Gangplank
How to Synergize Volibear and Gangplank
based on 546 Volibear with Gangplank pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Volibear Gangplank Synergy Summary
Best Volibear vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Volibear 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.
Volibear Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Volibear in LoL
The Volibear 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, Volibear 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 drop shows that Gangplank helps Volibear perform poorer in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Volibear tries to synergize with Gangplank, he gets a noticable drop in his complete damage dealt. This change could indicate that Gangplank doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Volibear is played alongside 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 synergisticly with Gangplank.
Additionally, when Volibear plays with Gangplank on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Gangplank does a poor job of protecting Volibear during teamfights.
Synergies between Volibear and Gangplank
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Is Volibear better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Volibear that will always be his ideal ally. However, overall, Gangplank is a very bad teammate for Volibear. By locking into the same side as Volibear, he drops their win rate by -4.6% to 43.4%. This shows that there is an easy to overcome and exploit synergy between Volibear and Gangplank that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Gangplank has a much greater difficulty compared to Volibear. That means you need to be very careful when finding Gangplank comrades to play with, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working cooperatively, Volibear players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by aligning Volibear and Gangplank together, you will not be giving your side enough crowd control. We recommend you include other champions on your team that offsets this relative hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Gangplank teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Volibear in order to work well with Gangplank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to build first in your Volibear and Gangplank synergy build include Spirit Visage, Heartsteel, and Riftmaker. When Volibear bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Gangplank than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Volibear had an average winrate of 43.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Gangplank with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating your oponents, Volibear players should equip the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 43.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Gangplank with Volibear are displayed for all ranked divisions. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific division, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.