Gangplank with Vayne
How to Synergize Gangplank and Vayne
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Gangplank Vayne Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Vayne Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Vayne
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Vayne
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 Vayne Will Play
Don't go in first to a large teamfight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.
Tumble has many uses, but it cannot pass over walls.
Condemn can be used to both pin targets to walls to ensure a kill, or to escape a pursuer.
Gangplank Vayne Synergy Stats
How to Play with Vayne as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Vayne synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Vayne, 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 Vayne. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Vayne helps Gangplank perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank tries to synergize with Vayne, he gets a marginal improvement in his total damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Vayne provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played with Vayne on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Vayne. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Vayne.
Moreover, when Gangplank plays with Vayne on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Vayne does a decent job of covering Gangplank during team fights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Vayne
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Vayne?
There is no ideal synergy for Gangplank that will no matter what be his #1 ally. However, overall, Vayne is a very typical companion for Gangplank. By being on the same team as Gangplank, she raises their win rate by 0.3% to 48.9%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak strategic relationship between Gangplank and Vayne that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.
Vayne has a lower difficulty than Gangplank. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Vayne allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Working cooperatively, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. When paired, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by bringing Gangplank and Vayne together, you will not be giving your team very much magic damage. Plan to bring other champs on your team that fills this disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Vayne teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Gangplank in order to synergize with Vayne during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to have in your Gangplank and Vayne synergy build include Mortal Reminder, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Vayne than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average winrate of 48.9% helping carry Vayne with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of annihilating your oponents, you should equip 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 used for Gangplank and Vayne pairings, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Vayne with Gangplank are given for all ranked divisions. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.