Gangplank with Pyke
How to Synergize Gangplank and Pyke
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Gangplank Pyke Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Pyke
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Pyke
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 Pyke Will Play
The Tap version of Bone Skewer is much faster and deals additional damage.
A lot of your agressive spells are also your escapes. Make sure you always have a plan to get out of the fight.
Hitting an enemy with the Hold version of Bone Skewer will always pull them the same distance. Use it in melee range to throw targets behind you.
Pyke is very fragile so don't be afraid to temporarily run from a fight. You can regenerate a significant amount of health from Gift of the Drowned Ones when enemies can't see you.
Gangplank Pyke Synergy Stats
How to Play with Pyke as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Pyke synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Pyke, 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 Pyke. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Pyke helps Gangplank perform worse in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gangplank is paired with Pyke, he gets a little decrease in his complete damage output. This difference could signal that Pyke doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played with Pyke 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 Pyke.
Moreover, when Gangplank plays with Pyke on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Pyke does a decent job of covering Gangplank in team fights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Pyke
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Pyke?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Gangplank that will always be his ideal synergy. However, overall, Pyke is a very typical teammate for Gangplank. By being on the same side as Gangplank, he raises their win rate by 0.3% to 48.9%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Gangplank and Pyke that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Pyke has a lower difficulty than Gangplank. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Pyke teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Working on the same side, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by grouping Gangplank and Pyke together, you probably will not be granting your team much AP. Plan to bring other champs on your team that fills this disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Pyke ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank in order to pair well with Pyke during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The best items to build first in your Gangplank and Pyke synergy build include Mortal Reminder, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Pyke than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average win rate of 48.9% helping carry Pyke with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing your oponents, you 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 combinations players picked for Gangplank and Pyke pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.9% winrate overall.
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