Xin Zhao with Gangplank
How to Synergize Xin Zhao and Gangplank
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Xin Zhao Gangplank Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xin Zhao and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao with Gangplank
Try to position yourself so your ultimate's knockback is most effective.
Xin Zhao is a great initiator to combat. Lead the front to start a fight and use your ultimate to do the most damage possible.
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.
Xin Zhao Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Xin Zhao in LoL
The Xin Zhao 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, Xin Zhao sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gangplank. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Gangplank helps Xin Zhao perform worse in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xin Zhao tries to synergize with Gangplank, he sees a small decrease in his complete damage dealt. This may signal that Gangplank doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played 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 alongside Gangplank.
Moreover, when Xin Zhao plays with Gangplank on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Gangplank does a poor job of covering Xin Zhao during team fights.
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Is Xin Zhao better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Xin Zhao that will 100% of the time be his best ally. However, Gangplank is a relatively poor companion for Xin Zhao. By being on the same team as Xin Zhao, he drops their win rate by -1.5% to 49.4%. This shows that there is a negative strategic relationship between Xin Zhao and Gangplank that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Gangplank has a much greater difficulty compared to Xin Zhao. That means you must be cautious when enlisting Gangplank allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much higher level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by grouping Xin Zhao and Gangplank together, you probably will not be providing your team much crowd control. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that helps cover this relative hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Gangplank ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, 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
To truly master Xin Zhao to work well with Gangplank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to include in your Xin Zhao and Gangplank synergy build include Black Cleaver, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao combined at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Gangplank than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Xin Zhao boasted an average win rate of 49.4% helping carry Gangplank with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.4% winrate overall.
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