Gangplank with Shaco
How to Synergize Gangplank and Shaco
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Gangplank Shaco Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Shaco
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Shaco
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 Shaco Will Play
Using Deceive over terrain can help you make a clean escape.
Try getting items with on-hit effects. These will also benefit your Hallucination clone.
Backstab's damage can be increased with increased Critical Damage effects like Infinity Edge.
Gangplank Shaco Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shaco as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Shaco synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shaco, 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 Shaco. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Shaco helps Gangplank perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank is an ally to Shaco, he observes a little increase in his total damage output. This change could demonstrate that Shaco provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played together with Shaco on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Shaco.
Moreover, when Gangplank plays with Shaco on the same side, he on average receives more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Shaco does a poor job of protecting Gangplank during team fights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Shaco
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Shaco?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Gangplank that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. However, overall, Shaco is a very typical companion for Gangplank. By playing on the same team as Gangplank, he lowers their win rate by -1.0% to 47.6%. This demonstrates that there is only a small strategic relationship between Gangplank and Shaco that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Shaco has a lower difficulty than Gangplank. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Shaco teammates to play with, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to do well with you.
Playing on the same side, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Together, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by pairing Gangplank and Shaco together, you will not be granting your other teammates a great deal of utility. Plan to pick other champs on your team that offsets this relative disparity in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Shaco teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Gangplank to work well with Shaco during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to have in your Gangplank and Shaco synergy build include Essence Reaver, Immortal Shieldbow, and Navori Quickblades. When Gangplank combined at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Shaco than with most other common item sets. In fact, Gangplank had an average win rate of 47.6% helping carry Shaco with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of beating your oponents, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Gangplank and Shaco pairings, this order of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.6% win rate overall.
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