Gangplank with Vladimir
How to Synergize Gangplank and Vladimir
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Gangplank Vladimir Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Vladimir Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Vladimir
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Vladimir
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 Vladimir Will Play
Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.
Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.
Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.
Gangplank Vladimir Synergy Stats
How to Play with Vladimir as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Vladimir synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Vladimir, 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 Vladimir. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Vladimir helps Gangplank perform poorer in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank is paired with Vladimir, he gets a small decrease in his total damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Vladimir does not help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played together with Vladimir on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Vladimir.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Vladimir on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Vladimir does a decent job of covering Gangplank during teamfights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Vladimir
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Vladimir?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Gangplank that will always be his top ally. Yet, overall, Vladimir is a pretty good companion for Gangplank. By playing on the same team as Gangplank, he improves their win rate by 1.5% to 50.1%. This demonstrates that there is a somewhat important synergy between Gangplank and Vladimir that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.
Vladimir has a lower difficulty than Gangplank. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Vladimir comrades to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Working together, Gangplank players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by aligning Gangplank and Vladimir together, you will not be providing your side very much utility. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that helps cover this hole in their abilities.
Regardless of your Vladimir ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, 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 in order to work well with Vladimir during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The top items to focus on in your Gangplank and Vladimir synergy build include Mortal Reminder, Essence Reaver, and The Collector. When Gangplank included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Vladimir than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average winrate of 50.1% when playing alongside Vladimir with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing 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 rune builds players used for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.1% win rate overall.
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