Gangplank with Zed
How to Synergize Gangplank and Zed
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Gangplank Zed Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Zed
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Zed
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 Zed Will Play
Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.
Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.
Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.
Gangplank Zed Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zed as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Zed synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zed, 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 Zed. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Zed helps Gangplank perform worse in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gangplank plays on the same team as Zed, he gets a little increase in his full damage dealt. This difference could signal that Zed supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played together with Zed 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 with Zed.
Moreover, when Gangplank plays with Zed on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may mean that Zed does a poor job of protecting Gangplank during teamfights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Zed
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Zed?
There is no one best synergy for Gangplank that will always be his best ally. Yet, Zed is a below average teammate for Gangplank. By playing on the same team as Gangplank, he lowers their win rate by -2.7% to 45.9%. This proves that there is a bad bond between Gangplank and Zed that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Zed has a lower difficulty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be cautious when finding Zed comrades to play with, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Working alongside, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by pairing Gangplank and Zed together, you may not be giving your team a lot of crowd control. We recommend you include other champs on your team that offsets this relative disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Zed ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank in order to synergize with Zed during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to have in your Gangplank and Zed synergy build include Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and The Collector. When Gangplank used at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Zed than with many other common item sets. In fact, Gangplank had an average winrate of 45.9% when playing alongside Zed with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against 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. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Gangplank and Zed pairings, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 45.9% win rate overall.
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