Gangplank with Illaoi
How to Synergize Gangplank and Illaoi
based on 176 Gangplank with Illaoi pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gangplank Illaoi Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Illaoi Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Illaoi
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Illaoi
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 Illaoi Will Play
Vessel
Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.
Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a
is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.
Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.
Gangplank Illaoi Synergy Stats
How to Play with Illaoi as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Illaoi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Illaoi, 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 Illaoi. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Illaoi helps Gangplank perform poorer in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gangplank plays on the same team as Illaoi, he gets a small decrease in his complete damage output. This difference could indicate that Illaoi doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played alongside Illaoi on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Illaoi.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Illaoi on the same side, he often receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Illaoi does a decent job of protecting Gangplank during teamfights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Illaoi
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Illaoi?
There is no one best champion pairing for Gangplank that will no matter what be his best ally. However, overall, Illaoi is a very typical teammate for Gangplank. By being on the same team as Gangplank, she improves their win rate by 0.8% to 49.4%. This shows that there is a weak strategic relationship between Gangplank and Illaoi that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Illaoi has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Illaoi comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working together, Gangplank players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. When paired, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by bringing Gangplank and Illaoi together, you will not be giving your side much utility. Plan to pick other champs on your team that offsets this relative hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Illaoi ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing 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 truly master Gangplank in order to work well with Illaoi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to have in your Gangplank and Illaoi synergy build include Essence Reaver, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank included at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Illaoi than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average win rate of 49.4% helping carry Illaoi with this build.
To have the highest probability of crushing your oponents, Gangplank players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Demolish, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Gangplank and Illaoi pairings, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.4% winrate overall.
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