Gangplank with Tahm Kench
How to Synergize Gangplank and Tahm Kench
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Gangplank Tahm Kench Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Tahm Kench
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 Tahm Kench Will Play
Your most important function as a support is to keep fragile allies safe. Keep Devour's range and cooldown in mind and position accordingly!
Consider carefully when to use Thick Skin's active. Sometimes shielding early to avoid further damage is good, but sometimes the healing is more beneficial.
Gangplank Tahm Kench Synergy Stats
How to Play with Tahm Kench as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Tahm Kench synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Tahm Kench, 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 Tahm Kench. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Tahm Kench helps Gangplank perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank is paired with Tahm Kench, he sees a small increase in his total damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Tahm Kench 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 alongside Tahm Kench on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Tahm Kench.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Tahm Kench on the same side, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Tahm Kench does a poor job of covering Gangplank during teamfights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Tahm Kench
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Tahm Kench?
There is no perfect companion for Gangplank that will no matter what be his top synergy. However, overall, Tahm Kench is a superb companion for Gangplank. By being on the same team as Gangplank, he increases their win rate by 5.2% to 53.8%. This proves that there is a very strong bond between Gangplank and Tahm Kench that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Tahm Kench has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be careful when finding Tahm Kench teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
When playing on the same side, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these two will be a great protective duo.
Although, by grouping Gangplank and Tahm Kench together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates enough support. Plan to include other champs on your team that offsets this hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Tahm Kench ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank to pair well with Tahm Kench during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to get in your Gangplank and Tahm Kench synergy build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Tahm Kench than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gangplank had an average win rate of 53.8% helping carry Tahm Kench with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating 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. Out of all the runes players picked for Gangplank and Tahm Kench pairings, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.8% winrate overall.
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