Zeri with Gangplank
How to Synergize Zeri and Gangplank
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Zeri Gangplank Synergy Summary
Best Zeri vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zeri 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.
Zeri Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Zeri in LoL
The Zeri Gangplank synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gangplank, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Zeri sees a very large drop in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gangplank. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Gangplank helps Zeri perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Zeri is paired with Gangplank, they observes a small increase in their full damage dealt. This could indicate that Gangplank provides cover for them to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Zeri is played together with Gangplank on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing alongside Gangplank.
Moreover, when Zeri plays with Gangplank on the same team, they usually takes a little more damage than when they fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Gangplank does a poor job of protecting Zeri during teamfights.
Synergies between Zeri and Gangplank
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Is Zeri better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no one best companion for Zeri that will no matter what be their #1 ally. However, Gangplank is a relatively poor ally for Zeri. By being on the same side as Zeri, he lowers their win rate by -2.1% to 44.1%. This clearly indicates that there is a negative bond between Zeri and Gangplank that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Gangplank has a greater difficulty than Zeri. That means you need to be cautious when lining up Gangplank allies to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Working alongside, Zeri players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by grouping Zeri and Gangplank together, you probably will not be giving your side much magic damage. Plan to have other champions on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in their potential.
Regardless of your Gangplank ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Zeri to pair well with Gangplank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to pick up some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to focus on in your Zeri and Gangplank synergy build include Experimental Hexplate, Runaan's Hurricane, and Titanic Hydra. When Zeri incorporated at least these three great items in their build, they did much better as an ally of Gangplank than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Zeri boasted an average win rate of 44.1% when playing alongside Gangplank with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Zeri and Gangplank pairings, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 44.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Gangplank with Zeri are shown for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.