Gangplank with Shen
How to Synergize Gangplank and Shen
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Gangplank Shen Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Shen
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Shen
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 Shen Will Play
Leverage your Energy to get a long-term advantage over Mana users.
Keep an eye on allies and be ready to save them with your teleport.
Gangplank Shen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shen as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Shen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shen, 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 Shen. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Shen helps Gangplank perform poorer in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gangplank tries to synergize with Shen, he observes a noticable increase in his full damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Shen supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played alongside Shen 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 synergisticly with Shen.
Moreover, when Gangplank plays with Shen on the same side, he usually takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Shen does a decent job of protecting Gangplank during teamfights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Shen
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Shen?
There is no top champion pairing for Gangplank that will 100% of the time be his top ally. However, Shen is a very typical ally for Gangplank. By playing on the same side as Gangplank, he increases their win rate by 0.2% to 48.8%. This signals that there is not really a strong bond between Gangplank and Shen that allows them to perform better together than alone.
Shen has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means you don't need to be very careful when arranging Shen comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to work well with you.
Playing together, Gangplank players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. When paired, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Conversely, by pairing Gangplank and Shen together, you may not be granting your side much AP. Plan to bring other champs on your team that offsets this gap in their abilities.
Regardless of your Shen ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank to work well with Shen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best items to get in your Gangplank and Shen synergy build consist of Essence Reaver, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank combined at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Shen than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Gangplank had an average winrate of 48.8% when playing alongside Shen with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing your oponents, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for this team composition, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.8% win rate overall.
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