Garen with Gangplank
How to Synergize Garen and Gangplank
based on 501 Garen with Gangplank pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Garen Gangplank Synergy Summary
Best Garen vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Garen and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Garen with Gangplank
Garen is only constrained by cooldowns, making items such as Black Cleaver very effective for him.
Garen's regeneration greatly increases if he can avoid receiving damage for several seconds.
Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. For effective trading, try to position such that only the enemy champion is hit.
Advice to Understand How Gangplank Will Play
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.
Garen Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Garen in LoL
The Garen Gangplank synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gangplank, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Garen sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gangplank. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Gangplank helps Garen perform worse in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Garen tries to synergize with Gangplank, he sees a little increase in his full damage dealt. This change could indicate that Gangplank provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Garen is played alongside Gangplank 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 alongside Gangplank.
Additionally, when Garen plays with Gangplank on the same side, he on average receives more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Gangplank does a poor job of covering Garen in team fights.
Synergies between Garen and Gangplank
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Is Garen better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no top synergy for Garen that will always be his top synergy. Yet, Gangplank is a relatively poor companion for Garen. By playing on the same team as Garen, he drops their win rate by -1.4% to 47.3%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad bond between Garen and Gangplank that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Gangplank has a much greater difficulty compared to Garen. That means Garen players should be cautious when finding Gangplank teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to play well with you.
When playing on the same side, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by pairing Garen and Gangplank together, you may not be giving your side a lot of magic damage. Plan to bring other champions on your team that nullifies this relative hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Gangplank ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Garen in order to synergize with Gangplank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to get in your Garen and Gangplank synergy build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Stridebreaker. When Garen used at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Gangplank than with most other common item sets. In fact, Garen boasted an average win rate of 47.3% when playing alongside Gangplank with this build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.3% winrate overall.
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