Gangplank with Malzahar
How to Synergize Gangplank and Malzahar
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Gangplank Malzahar Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Malzahar
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 Malzahar Will Play
Use Call of the Void and Nether Grasp to renew the duration of Malefic Visions on enemies.
Wait to cast Void Swarm until there are nearby enemies for the Voidling to attack or kill.
Avoiding damage in lane maximizes the uptime on Void Shift, increasing Malzahar's safety dramatically.
Gangplank Malzahar Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malzahar as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Malzahar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Malzahar, 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 Malzahar. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Malzahar helps Gangplank perform worse in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank is an ally to Malzahar, he gets a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This could indicate that Malzahar provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played with Malzahar on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Malzahar.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Malzahar on the same side, he usually takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could mean that Malzahar does a poor job of protecting Gangplank during team fights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Malzahar
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Malzahar?
There is no one best ally for Gangplank that will always be his #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Malzahar is a decent ally for Gangplank. By locking into the same side as Gangplank, he raises their win rate by 1.6% to 50.2%. This clearly indicates that there is a somewhat important bond between Gangplank and Malzahar that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Malzahar has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Malzahar teammates to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Working alongside, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. Together, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by pairing Gangplank and Malzahar together, you probably will not be giving your team enough cover. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in their potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Malzahar ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, 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 learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank in order to synergize with Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to include in your Gangplank and Malzahar synergy build include Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and The Collector. When Gangplank bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Malzahar than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gangplank had an average win rate of 50.2% when playing alongside Malzahar with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Gangplank players should take 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 we have analyed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.2% winrate overall.
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