Gwen with Gangplank
How to Synergize Gwen and Gangplank
based on 499 Gwen with Gangplank pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gwen Gangplank Synergy Summary
Best Gwen vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gwen and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gwen with Gangplank
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
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.
Gwen Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Gwen in LoL
The Gwen Gangplank synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gangplank, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Gwen sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gangplank. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Gangplank helps Gwen perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gwen is an ally to Gangplank, she sees a small increase in her total damage output. This difference could signal that Gangplank provides cover for her to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Gwen is played with Gangplank on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Gangplank.
Additionally, when Gwen plays with Gangplank on the same team, she on average takes significantly more damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Gangplank does a poor job of protecting Gwen in teamfights.
Synergies between Gwen and Gangplank
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Is Gwen better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no top champion pairing for Gwen that will no matter what be her best teammate. Yet, overall, Gangplank is a pretty good teammate for Gwen. By being on the same team as Gwen, he increases their win rate by 2.2% to 50.3%. This clearly indicates that there is a somewhat important bond between Gwen and Gangplank that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Gangplank has a much greater difficulty compared to Gwen. That means Gwen players need to be careful when arranging Gangplank comrades to play with, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to play well with you.
Working on the same side, Gwen players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by bringing Gwen and Gangplank together, you probably will not be granting your team much utility. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that helps cover this disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of your Gangplank ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Gwen to synergize with Gangplank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to use in your Gwen and Gangplank synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Riftmaker. When Gwen used at least these three finished items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting alongside Gangplank than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gwen boasted an average win rate of 50.3% when playing alongside Gangplank with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, you should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this set of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Gangplank with Gwen are shown for all skill levels combined. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.