Gangplank with Poppy
How to Synergize Gangplank and Poppy
based on 629 Gangplank with Poppy pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gangplank Poppy Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Poppy Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Poppy
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Poppy
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 Poppy Will Play
Keeper's Verdict can be released immediately to send the enemy straight up, take advantage of this in duels.
Iron Ambassador tends to land near walls, try to take advantage of this with Heroic Charge.
Gangplank Poppy Synergy Stats
How to Play with Poppy as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Poppy synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Poppy, 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 Poppy. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Poppy helps Gangplank perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gangplank is an ally to Poppy, he observes a marginal improvement in his total damage dealt. This difference may signal that Poppy provides protection for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played with Poppy on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Poppy.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Poppy on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Poppy does a poor job of protecting Gangplank during teamfights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Poppy
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Poppy?
There is no top synergy for Gangplank that will always be his best ally. Yet, Poppy is a good teammate for Gangplank. By playing on the same team as Gangplank, she raises their win rate by 1.2% to 49.8%. This shows that there is a somewhat important synergy between Gangplank and Poppy that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.
Poppy has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Poppy comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to play well with you.
Playing together, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Together, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by pairing Gangplank and Poppy together, you may not be granting your other allies enough magic damage. We recommend you include other champs on your team that fills this relative gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Poppy ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Gangplank in order to pair well with Poppy during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to build first in your Gangplank and Poppy synergy build include Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and Navori Quickblades. When Gangplank bought at least these three great items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Poppy than with most other common builds. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average win rate of 49.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Poppy with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against 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. Of all the rune builds players picked for this team composition, this blending of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.8% win rate overall.
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