Gangplank with Kog'Maw
How to Synergize Gangplank and Kog'Maw
based on 417 Gangplank with Kog'Maw pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gangplank Kog'Maw Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Kog'Maw Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Kog'Maw
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 Kog'Maw Will Play
Make the most out of your Icathian Surprise.
Use Void Ooze to set up a perfect Living Artillery.
Kog'Maw can outrange most champions with his Bio-Arcane Barrage ability.
Gangplank Kog'Maw Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kog'Maw as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Kog'Maw synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kog'Maw, 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 Kog'Maw. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Kog'Maw helps Gangplank perform poorer in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gangplank is paired with Kog'Maw, he observes a little increase in his total damage output. This difference may signal that Kog'Maw supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played alongside Kog'Maw on the same side, 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 alongside Kog'Maw.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Kog'Maw on the same side, he often takes more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Kog'Maw does a poor job of covering Gangplank in team fights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Kog'Maw
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Kog'Maw?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Gangplank that will always be his ideal synergy. However, Kog'Maw is a terrible ally for Gangplank. By being on the same side as Gangplank, he drops their win rate by -3.8% to 44.8%. This proves that there is a very bad synergy between Gangplank and Kog'Maw that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Kog'Maw has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means you don't need to be very careful when arranging Kog'Maw teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Gangplank players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by aligning Gangplank and Kog'Maw together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates a lot of utility. Make sure to include other champions on your team that offsets this relative gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Kog'Maw ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank in order to work well with Kog'Maw during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to build first in your Gangplank and Kog'Maw synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank combined at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Kog'Maw than with many other typical builds. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average winrate of 44.8% helping carry Kog'Maw with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of annihilating your oponents, you 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 builds we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 44.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Kog'Maw with Gangplank are shown for all skill levels combined. To filter the stats and builds to a particular rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.