Gangplank with Kindred
How to Synergize Gangplank and Kindred
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Gangplank Kindred Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Kindred Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Kindred
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Kindred
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 Kindred Will Play
Pick which Hunts you want to pursue carefully; getting many of them is the key to success as the game goes on.
Don't go in first to a large team fight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.
Moving around between attacks while jungling will help you avoid damage and also generate more heals from Wolf's Frenzy.
Gangplank Kindred Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kindred as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Kindred synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kindred, 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 Kindred. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Kindred helps Gangplank perform not as well in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank is paired with Kindred, he observes a little decrease in his total damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Kindred does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that their presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played together with Kindred 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 with Kindred.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Kindred on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Kindred does a decent job of protecting Gangplank in teamfights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Kindred
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Kindred?
There is no top companion for Gangplank that will 100% of the time be his best ally. However, overall, Kindred is a very typical companion for Gangplank. By being on the same side as Gangplank, they increases their win rate by 0.5% to 49.1%. This signals that there is only a small strategic relationship between Gangplank and Kindred that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.
Kindred has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be careful when arranging Kindred allies to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to work well with you.
When playing together, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by aligning Gangplank and Kindred together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates very much AP. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that offsets this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Kindred ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Gangplank in order to synergize with Kindred during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to include in your Gangplank and Kindred synergy build include Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and Navori Quickblades. When Gangplank incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Kindred than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gangplank had an average winrate of 49.1% helping carry Kindred with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Gangplank players should use 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 combinations players picked for Gangplank and Kindred pairings, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.1% win rate overall.
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