Heimerdinger with Gangplank
How to Synergize Heimerdinger and Gangplank
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Heimerdinger Gangplank Synergy Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Heimerdinger and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger with Gangplank
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
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.
Heimerdinger Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Heimerdinger in LoL
The Heimerdinger 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, Heimerdinger sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gangplank. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Gangplank helps Heimerdinger perform worse in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Heimerdinger is an ally to Gangplank, he gets a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This change may signal that Gangplank supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Heimerdinger is played together with Gangplank on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Gangplank.
Moreover, when Heimerdinger plays with Gangplank on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Gangplank does a poor job of covering Heimerdinger in team fights.
Synergies between Heimerdinger and Gangplank
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Is Heimerdinger better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no one best synergy for Heimerdinger that will always be his best synergy. However, Gangplank is a very typical teammate for Heimerdinger. By locking into the same team as Heimerdinger, he lowers their win rate by -0.8% to 48.8%. This proves that there is a weak synergy between Heimerdinger and Gangplank that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Gangplank has a greater difficulty than Heimerdinger. That means you must be cautious when arranging Gangplank comrades to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to work well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by aligning Heimerdinger and Gangplank together, you will not be providing your side much sustained damage output. Plan to have other champions on your team that helps cover this relative hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Gangplank ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger in order to work well with Gangplank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to prioritize in your Heimerdinger and Gangplank synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Gangplank than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average winrate of 48.8% when playing alongside Gangplank with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating your oponents, Heimerdinger players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Heimerdinger and Gangplank pairings, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.8% winrate overall.
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