Gangplank with Alistar
How to Synergize Gangplank and Alistar
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Gangplank Alistar Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Alistar
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Alistar
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.
Advice to Understand How Alistar Will Play
Using Flash can allow you catch your target off guard to knock them back into your allies with Pulverize and Headbutt.
Move Speed is very important on Alistar. Consider which boots to buy carefully.
Using Pulverize can allow you to establish better positioning for Headbutt.
Gangplank Alistar Synergy Stats
How to Play with Alistar as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Alistar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Alistar, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Gangplank sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Alistar. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Alistar helps Gangplank perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank plays on the same team as Alistar, he gets a small decrease in his complete damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Alistar does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played with Alistar on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Alistar.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Alistar on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Alistar does a decent job of covering Gangplank in team fights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Alistar
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Alistar?
There is no perfect synergy for Gangplank that will always be his ideal teammate. Yet, Alistar is a good teammate for Gangplank. By playing on the same side as Gangplank, he raises their win rate by 2.1% to 50.7%. This clearly indicates that there is a somewhat important strategic relationship between Gangplank and Alistar that results in them performing better together than alone.
Alistar has a lower difficulty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be careful when lining up Alistar allies to play with, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working on the same side, Gangplank players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to soak up damage. Combined, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by grouping Gangplank and Alistar together, you may not be providing your team enough magic damage. We recommend you have other champs on your team that offsets this relative gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Alistar ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Gangplank in order to synergize with Alistar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to build first in your Gangplank and Alistar synergy build consist of Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and Navori Quickblades. When Gangplank incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Alistar than with most other common item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average winrate of 50.7% helping carry Alistar with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players used for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.7% winrate overall.
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