Gangplank with Galio
How to Synergize Gangplank and Galio
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Gangplank Galio Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Galio Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Galio
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Galio
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 Galio Will Play
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
Gangplank Galio Synergy Stats
How to Play with Galio as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Galio synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Galio, 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 Galio. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Galio helps Gangplank perform worse in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gangplank plays on the same team as Galio, he sees a little drop in his full damage output. This difference may signal that Galio does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played with Galio 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 alongside Galio.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Galio on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Galio does a decent job of covering Gangplank during team fights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Galio
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Galio?
There is no top ally for Gangplank that will always be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Galio is a decent companion for Gangplank. By locking into the same side as Gangplank, he increases their win rate by 2.8% to 51.4%. This shows that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Gangplank and Galio that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.
Galio has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Galio allies to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
Working cooperatively, Gangplank players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to cover for your other teammates. Combined, these champions will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by bringing Gangplank and Galio together, you may not be granting your other allies a great deal of anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you include other champs on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Galio teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank to synergize with Galio during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to master some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to build first in your Gangplank and Galio synergy build include Bloodthirster, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Galio than with many other common item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average winrate of 51.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Galio with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating 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. Of all the rune sets players picked for this champion pairing, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.4% win rate overall.
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