Gangplank with Master Yi
How to Synergize Gangplank and Master Yi
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Gangplank Master Yi Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Master Yi Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Master Yi
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Master Yi
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 Master Yi Will Play
If you're in a lane against ranged players, leveling up Meditate can allow you to stay in the lane longer and gain levels faster than they will.
Try using Alpha Strike on a minion in front of an enemy champion so you are placed at a safe distance at the end of the spell.
Wuju Style is very strong early for last hitting minions.
Gangplank Master Yi Synergy Stats
How to Play with Master Yi as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Master Yi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Master Yi, 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 Master Yi. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Master Yi helps Gangplank perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank plays on the same team as Master Yi, he sees a little drop in his complete damage output. This change may indicate that Master Yi does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played alongside Master Yi on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Master Yi. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Master Yi.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Master Yi on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Master Yi does a decent job of covering Gangplank in team fights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Master Yi
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Master Yi?
There is no one best ally for Gangplank that will always be his ideal ally. However, Master Yi is a good teammate for Gangplank. By playing on the same team as Gangplank, he improves their win rate by 2.5% to 51.1%. This proves that there is pretty good bond between Gangplank and Master Yi that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Master Yi has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means you don't need to be careful when finding Master Yi allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Gangplank players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by grouping Gangplank and Master Yi together, you probably will not be granting your other allies a lot of crowd control. Plan to include other champs on your team that offsets this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Master Yi ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank to synergize with Master Yi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to build first in your Gangplank and Master Yi synergy build include Mortal Reminder, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Master Yi than with many other common item sets. In fact, Gangplank had an average win rate of 51.1% when playing alongside Master Yi with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.1% win rate overall.
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