Gangplank with Nocturne
How to Synergize Gangplank and Nocturne
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Gangplank Nocturne Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Nocturne
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 Nocturne Will Play
Use Shroud of Darkness in tandem with Paranoia's dash. Your opponents may panic and waste a critical disable on your spell shield.
Using Paranoia at a critical moment is well worth it even if you cannot use the dash.
Duskbringer isn't only an offensive ability. It can be used to close distance out of combat or escape from certain death.
Gangplank Nocturne Synergy Stats
How to Play with Nocturne as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Nocturne synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nocturne, 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 Nocturne. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Nocturne helps Gangplank perform worse in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gangplank tries to synergize with Nocturne, he gets a marginal improvement in his total damage dealt. This could signal that Nocturne helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played together with Nocturne on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Nocturne. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Nocturne.
Moreover, when Gangplank plays with Nocturne on the same side, he on average takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Nocturne does a poor job of protecting Gangplank in team fights.
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Nocturne?
There is no ideal ally for Gangplank that will no matter what be his best ally. However, Nocturne is a good ally for Gangplank. By being on the same side as Gangplank, he increases their win rate by 1.9% to 50.5%. This signals that there is a good bond between Gangplank and Nocturne that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Nocturne has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be cautious when lining up Nocturne allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Working on the same side, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by bringing Gangplank and Nocturne together, you may not be granting your side a great deal of utility. We recommend you include other champions on your team that offsets this disparity in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Nocturne teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank to work well with Nocturne during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to get in your Gangplank and Nocturne synergy build include Essence Reaver, Immortal Shieldbow, and The Collector. When Gangplank incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Nocturne than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average win rate of 50.5% when playing alongside Nocturne with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating 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 rune sets players chose for Gangplank and Nocturne pairings, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.5% win rate overall.
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