Gangplank with Hwei
How to Synergize Gangplank and Hwei
based on 2,457 Gangplank with Hwei pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gangplank Hwei Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Hwei Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Hwei
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Hwei
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 Hwei Will Play
Calm down, breathe, and focus.
Each stroke requires precision and intention.
Gangplank Hwei Synergy Stats
How to Play with Hwei as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Hwei synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Hwei, 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 Hwei. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Hwei helps Gangplank perform poorer in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gangplank is an ally to Hwei, he sees a marginal improvement in his total damage output. This change may demonstrate that Hwei provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that their support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played with Hwei on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Hwei. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Hwei.
Moreover, when Gangplank plays with Hwei on the same side, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Hwei does a poor job of covering Gangplank during team fights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Hwei
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Hwei?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Gangplank that will always be his ideal teammate. Yet, overall, Hwei is a terrible companion for Gangplank. By playing on the same side as Gangplank, they lowers their win rate by -6.2% to 42.4%. This clearly indicates that there is an easy to overcome and exploit synergy between Gangplank and Hwei that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Hwei has a lower difficulty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be cautious when arranging Hwei comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Gangplank players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Together, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by aligning Gangplank and Hwei together, you probably will not be giving your side very much cover. Make sure to have other champs on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Hwei teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, 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 Hwei during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to focus on in your Gangplank and Hwei synergy build include Mortal Reminder, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Hwei than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gangplank had an average winrate of 42.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Hwei with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing your oponents, Gangplank players should take 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 sets we have analyed for this team composition, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 42.4% winrate overall.
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