Gangplank with Aphelios
How to Synergize Gangplank and Aphelios
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Gangplank Aphelios Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Aphelios
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 Aphelios Will Play
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Gangplank Aphelios Synergy Stats
How to Play with Aphelios as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Aphelios synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Aphelios, 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 Aphelios. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Aphelios helps Gangplank perform worse in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank tries to synergize with Aphelios, he sees a little drop in his complete damage output. This change may signal that Aphelios does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played with Aphelios on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Aphelios. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Aphelios.
Moreover, when Gangplank plays with Aphelios on the same team, he usually takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Aphelios does a decent job of covering Gangplank during team fights.
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Aphelios?
There is no perfect ally for Gangplank that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. Yet, Aphelios is a below average ally for Gangplank. By playing on the same team as Gangplank, he drops their win rate by -3.0% to 45.6%. This proves that there is a harmful synergy between Gangplank and Aphelios that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Aphelios has a greater difficulty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players need to be very careful when lining up Aphelios teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Gangplank players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by pairing Gangplank and Aphelios together, you probably will not be granting your team a lot of magical damage output. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that helps cover this disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of your Aphelios ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank in order to work well with Aphelios during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The best items to include in your Gangplank and Aphelios synergy build include Bloodthirster, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank used at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Aphelios than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average win rate of 45.6% when playing alongside Aphelios with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of beating your oponents, Gangplank players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 45.6% winrate overall.
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