Olaf with Gangplank
How to Synergize Olaf and Gangplank
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Olaf Gangplank Synergy Summary
Best Olaf vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Olaf and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Olaf with Gangplank
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
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.
Olaf Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Olaf in LoL
The Olaf 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, Olaf sees a large worsening 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 Olaf perform not as well in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Olaf tries to synergize with Gangplank, he observes a small decrease in his complete damage output. This may demonstrate that Gangplank does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Olaf is played together with Gangplank on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Gangplank.
Additionally, when Olaf plays with Gangplank on the same side, he typically takes more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Gangplank does a poor job of covering Olaf during team fights.
Synergies between Olaf and Gangplank
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Is Olaf better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no top champion pairing for Olaf that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. However, Gangplank is a very typical companion for Olaf. By being on the same side as Olaf, he increases their win rate by 0.7% to 49.7%. This demonstrates that there is only a small bond between Olaf and Gangplank that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Gangplank has a much greater difficulty compared to Olaf. That means you should be very careful when enlisting Gangplank comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a much greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Olaf players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. When paired, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by aligning Olaf and Gangplank together, you probably will not be giving your team a lot of crowd control. We recommend you include other champions on your team that helps cover this disparity in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Gangplank ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Olaf to synergize with Gangplank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to prioritize in your Olaf and Gangplank synergy build consist of Experimental Hexplate, Maw of Malmortius, and Death's Dance. When Olaf combined at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Gangplank than with many other common item sets. In fact, Olaf boasted an average winrate of 49.7% helping carry Gangplank with this build.
To have the best probability of annihilating your oponents, Olaf players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Approach Velocity runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for this champion pairing, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.7% win rate overall.
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