Gangplank with Vel'Koz
How to Synergize Gangplank and Vel'Koz
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Gangplank Vel'Koz Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Vel'Koz
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 Vel'Koz Will Play
Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.
Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.
When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.
Gangplank Vel'Koz Synergy Stats
How to Play with Vel'Koz as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Vel'Koz synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Vel'Koz, 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 Vel'Koz. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Vel'Koz helps Gangplank perform poorer in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gangplank tries to synergize with Vel'Koz, he observes a barely noticable drop in his complete damage dealt. This change could signal that Vel'Koz does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played alongside Vel'Koz on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Vel'Koz. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Vel'Koz.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Vel'Koz on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Vel'Koz does a poor job of covering Gangplank during team fights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Vel'Koz
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Vel'Koz?
There is no one best ally for Gangplank that will always be his best teammate. However, Vel'Koz is a pretty good ally for Gangplank. By playing on the same team as Gangplank, he increases their win rate by 1.6% to 50.2%. This proves that there is a good bond between Gangplank and Vel'Koz that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.
Vel'Koz has a lower difficulty than Gangplank. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Vel'Koz comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
When playing together, Gangplank players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. When paired, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by bringing Gangplank and Vel'Koz together, you will not be giving your other allies a lot of utility. Plan to pick other champs on your team that nullifies this hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Vel'Koz ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank in order to synergize with Vel'Koz during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to have in your Gangplank and Vel'Koz synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Essence Reaver. When Gangplank used at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Vel'Koz than with most other typical builds. In fact, Gangplank had an average winrate of 50.2% helping carry Vel'Koz with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, Gangplank players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.2% winrate overall.
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