Gangplank with Nautilus
How to Synergize Gangplank and Nautilus
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Gangplank Nautilus Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Nautilus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Nautilus
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Nautilus
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 Nautilus Will Play
While ganking, consider aiming Dredge Line at nearby terrain and following it up with Riptide for a higher hit rate.
Riptide has a delayed blast timing on activation - you can use this while running away or when enemies are incoming to serve as a deterrent.
Gangplank Nautilus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Nautilus as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Nautilus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nautilus, 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 Nautilus. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Nautilus helps Gangplank perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank plays on the same team as Nautilus, he sees a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Nautilus supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played with Nautilus on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Nautilus.
Moreover, when Gangplank plays with Nautilus on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Nautilus does a decent job of covering Gangplank during teamfights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Nautilus
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Nautilus?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Gangplank that will always be his top ally. However, Nautilus is a very typical teammate for Gangplank. By locking into the same team as Gangplank, he improves their win rate by 0.4% to 49.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak strategic relationship between Gangplank and Nautilus that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.
Nautilus has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be cautious when lining up Nautilus teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Gangplank players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to cover for your other teammates. Together, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by grouping Gangplank and Nautilus together, you may not be providing your other teammates enough utility. Plan to pick other champs on your team that fills this relative disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Nautilus teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, 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 to synergize with Nautilus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to build first in your Gangplank and Nautilus synergy build consist of Essence Reaver, Immortal Shieldbow, and Navori Quickblades. When Gangplank combined at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Nautilus than with most other common builds. In fact, Gangplank had an average win rate of 49.0% when playing alongside Nautilus with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating your oponents, Gangplank players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for this team composition, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.0% win rate overall.
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