Naafiri with Gangplank
How to Synergize Naafiri and Gangplank
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Naafiri Gangplank Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Naafiri and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Naafiri with Gangplank
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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.
Naafiri Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Naafiri in LoL
The Naafiri Gangplank synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gangplank, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Naafiri sees a large worsening in their 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 Naafiri perform worse in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Naafiri is paired with Gangplank, they gets a little drop in their complete damage output. This could signal that Gangplank doesn't help protection for them to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Naafiri is played with Gangplank on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays without Gangplank. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing with Gangplank.
Moreover, when Naafiri plays with Gangplank on the same team, they typically receives a little more damage than when they fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Gangplank does a poor job of protecting Naafiri in team fights.
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Is Naafiri better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no perfect ally for Naafiri that will no matter what be their ideal synergy. Yet, Gangplank is a not very good companion for Naafiri. By playing on the same team as Naafiri, he lowers their win rate by -1.9% to 48.3%. This clearly indicates that there is a negative strategic relationship between Naafiri and Gangplank that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Gangplank has a much greater difficulty compared to Naafiri. That means you should be careful when enlisting Gangplank comrades to play with, as they will need a much higher level of skill to cooperate well with you.
When playing on the same side, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by pairing Naafiri and Gangplank together, you will not be granting your other teammates enough AP. Make sure to have other champs on your team that offsets this relative disparity in their potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Gangplank teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri to pair well with Gangplank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to get in your Naafiri and Gangplank synergy build include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri used at least these three items in their build, they did much better as an ally of Gangplank than with most other typical builds. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average win rate of 48.3% when playing alongside Gangplank with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing your oponents, Naafiri players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Naafiri and Gangplank pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.3% winrate overall.
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