Gangplank with Caitlyn
How to Synergize Gangplank and Caitlyn
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Gangplank Caitlyn Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Caitlyn
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 Caitlyn Will Play
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Gangplank Caitlyn Synergy Stats
How to Play with Caitlyn as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Caitlyn synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Caitlyn, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Caitlyn. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Caitlyn helps Gangplank perform not as well in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gangplank is an ally to Caitlyn, he sees a little decrease in his full damage output. This could signal that Caitlyn does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played with Caitlyn on the same side, 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 Caitlyn.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Caitlyn on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Caitlyn does a poor job of protecting Gangplank during teamfights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Caitlyn
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Caitlyn?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Gangplank that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. However, overall, Caitlyn is a very typical companion for Gangplank. By being on the same team as Gangplank, she raises their win rate by 0.2% to 48.8%. This proves that there is only a small synergy between Gangplank and Caitlyn that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Caitlyn has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Caitlyn allies to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to play well with you.
Working together, Gangplank players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. When paired, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by grouping Gangplank and Caitlyn together, you probably will not be providing your other allies a great deal of magical damage output. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that fills this relative hole in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Caitlyn ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should 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 synergize with Caitlyn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to have in your Gangplank and Caitlyn synergy build include Trinity Force, Frozen Heart, and Spear of Shojin. When Gangplank incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Caitlyn than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gangplank had an average win rate of 48.8% when playing alongside Caitlyn with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing your oponents, Gangplank players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this team composition, this combination of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.8% win rate overall.
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