Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
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.
The Lee Sin 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, Lee Sin sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gangplank. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Gangplank helps Lee Sin perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Lee Sin is paired with Gangplank, he observes a little decrease in his complete damage dealt. This change could indicate that Gangplank does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Lee Sin is played with 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 with Gangplank.
Additionally, when Lee Sin plays with Gangplank on the same side, he on average receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Gangplank does a poor job of covering Lee Sin in teamfights.
There is no one best ally for Lee Sin that will 100% of the time be his top ally. However, Gangplank is a not very good companion for Lee Sin. By playing on the same team as Lee Sin, he decreases their win rate by -1.8% to 45.5%. This shows that there is a harmful bond between Lee Sin and Gangplank that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Gangplank has a greater difficulty than Lee Sin. That means you must be very careful when finding Gangplank allies to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Lee Sin players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. When paired, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by pairing Lee Sin and Gangplank together, you may not be providing your side a lot of magic damage. Plan to bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in their potential.
Regardless of your Gangplank ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lee Sin in order to pair well with Gangplank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to master a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to focus on in your Lee Sin and Gangplank synergy build consist of Black Cleaver, Maw of Malmortius, and Sundered Sky. When Lee Sin incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Gangplank than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Lee Sin boasted an average win rate of 45.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Gangplank with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Lee Sin players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Lee Sin and Gangplank pairings, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 45.5% winrate overall.
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