Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.
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 Orianna 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, Orianna sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gangplank. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Gangplank helps Orianna perform not as well in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Orianna is an ally to Gangplank, she observes a marginal improvement in her complete damage dealt. This difference could signal that Gangplank helps provide protection for her to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Orianna is played together with Gangplank on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Gangplank. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Gangplank.
Additionally, when Orianna plays with Gangplank on the same team, she usually takes a little more damage than when she fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Gangplank does a poor job of protecting Orianna during teamfights.
There is no perfect ally for Orianna that will always be her top teammate. However, overall, Gangplank is a terrible teammate for Orianna. By being on the same team as Orianna, he decreases their win rate by -4.4% to 43.1%. This shows that there is a very bad bond between Orianna and Gangplank that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Gangplank has a greater difficulty than Orianna. That means Orianna players must be careful when arranging Gangplank teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Working cooperatively, Orianna players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Combined, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by pairing Orianna and Gangplank together, you will not be giving your other teammates very much crowd control. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Gangplank ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Orianna in order to pair well with Gangplank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to master some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to build first in your Orianna and Gangplank synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna included at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better as an ally of Gangplank than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Orianna had an average winrate of 43.1% when playing alongside Gangplank with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Orianna and Gangplank pairings, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 43.1% winrate overall.
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