Gangplank with Karma
How to Synergize Gangplank and Karma
based on 1,392 Gangplank with Karma pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gangplank Karma Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Karma Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Karma
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Karma
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 Karma Will Play
Don't be too conservative with Mantra. Gathering Fire is strongest in teamfights, making it easy to recharge Mantra multiple times.
Gathering Fire rewards aggressive play. Look to land abilities and basic attacks on your opponent to lower Mantra's cooldown and stay on the offensive.
When using Focused Resolve, slow your opponents with Inner Flame or speed yourself up with Inspire if you're having trouble sticking to a target.
Gangplank Karma Synergy Stats
How to Play with Karma as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Karma synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Karma, 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 Karma. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Karma helps Gangplank perform worse in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank is an ally to Karma, he sees a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This difference may signal that Karma helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played with Karma 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 with Karma.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Karma on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Karma does a poor job of covering Gangplank during teamfights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Karma
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Karma?
There is no one best ally for Gangplank that will always be his #1 ally. Yet, overall, Karma is a below average companion for Gangplank. By being on the same team as Gangplank, she lowers their win rate by -1.1% to 47.5%. This proves that there is a negative strategic relationship between Gangplank and Karma that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Karma has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be very careful when lining up Karma allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to work well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to cover for your other teammates. Together, these champs will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Conversely, by aligning Gangplank and Karma together, you probably will not be giving your team a lot of anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Karma ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will 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 Karma during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to have in your Gangplank and Karma synergy build include Bloodthirster, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank used at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Karma than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Gangplank had an average winrate of 47.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Karma with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip 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 builds we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.5% winrate overall.
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