Gangplank with Janna
How to Synergize Gangplank and Janna
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Gangplank Janna Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Janna
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Janna
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 Janna Will Play
Timing Janna's ultimate can push enemies away from a wounded ally or even separate enemies.
Eye of the Storm can be used on allied turrets.
Quickly firing a Howling Gale without the charge up can be used to heavily disable the other team.
Gangplank Janna Synergy Stats
How to Play with Janna as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Janna synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Janna, 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 Janna. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Janna helps Gangplank perform not as well in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank is an ally to Janna, he gets a little increase in his total damage dealt. This may indicate that Janna supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played together with Janna on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Janna. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Janna.
Moreover, when Gangplank plays with Janna on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Janna does a decent job of protecting Gangplank in teamfights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Janna
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Janna?
There is no ideal ally for Gangplank that will no matter what be his top ally. Yet, Janna is a very typical ally for Gangplank. By being on the same side as Gangplank, she drops their win rate by -0.3% to 48.3%. This shows that there is a weak bond between Gangplank and Janna that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Janna has a lower difficulty than Gangplank. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Janna teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Working together, Gangplank players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to provide a lot of utility for your team. Together, these champions will help their other teammates secure a victory.
In contrast, by grouping Gangplank and Janna together, you may not be providing your side enough sustained damage output. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that fills this disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Janna ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank in order to pair well with Janna during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top items to have in your Gangplank and Janna synergy build consist of Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and The Collector. When Gangplank incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Janna than with most other typical builds. In fact, Gangplank had an average win rate of 48.3% when playing alongside Janna with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, Gangplank players should equip 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 champion pairing, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.3% win rate overall.
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