Gangplank with Sylas
How to Synergize Gangplank and Sylas
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Gangplank Sylas Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Sylas
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Sylas
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 Sylas Will Play
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
Gangplank Sylas Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sylas as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Sylas synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sylas, 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 Sylas. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Sylas helps Gangplank perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank plays on the same team as Sylas, he observes a small decrease in his full damage dealt. This difference may demonstrate that Sylas does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played with Sylas 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 Sylas.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Sylas on the same team, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Sylas does a decent job of covering Gangplank in teamfights.
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Sylas?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Gangplank that will 100% of the time be his #1 teammate. However, Sylas is a very typical teammate for Gangplank. By being on the same team as Gangplank, he increases their win rate by 0.5% to 49.1%. This signals that there is a weak strategic relationship between Gangplank and Sylas that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Sylas has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Sylas allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to play well with you.
When playing cooperatively, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. When paired, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by bringing Gangplank and Sylas together, you will not be providing your other allies a lot of utility. We recommend you include other champions on your team that fills this hole in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Sylas ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Gangplank to synergize with Sylas during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to get in your Gangplank and Sylas synergy build include Bloodthirster, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Sylas than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gangplank had an average win rate of 49.1% helping carry Sylas with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating your oponents, Gangplank players should take 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 chose for Gangplank and Sylas pairings, this combo of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.1% win rate overall.
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