Swain with Gangplank
How to Synergize Swain and Gangplank
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Swain Gangplank Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Swain and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Swain with Gangplank
While laning, try to use Death's Hand's piercing damage to damage opponents from a safe distance.
Vision of Empire is quite difficult to land on its own, look for skirmishes around the map where enemies may be distracted or crowd controlled so you can land it more easily.
If you're having trouble rooting an enemy with Nevermove, try throwing it at opponents when they are near their minions so the explosion surprises them.
Demonic Ascension may make Swain very hard to kill but he's pretty easy to get away from. Try building items that can slow opponents to keep them in range if their mobility is overwhelming.
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.
Swain Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Swain in LoL
The Swain 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, Swain 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 worsening shows that Gangplank helps Swain perform not as well in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Swain tries to synergize with Gangplank, he sees a barely noticable drop in his total damage dealt. This difference could signal that Gangplank doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Swain is played alongside 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 synergisticly with Gangplank.
Moreover, when Swain plays with Gangplank on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Gangplank does a poor job of covering Swain during team fights.
Synergies between Swain and Gangplank
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Is Swain better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no perfect synergy for Swain that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. Yet, Gangplank is a very typical teammate for Swain. By locking into the same team as Swain, he decreases their win rate by -0.7% to 50.6%. This demonstrates that there is a weak synergy between Swain and Gangplank that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Gangplank has a greater difficulty than Swain. That means you should be very careful when arranging Gangplank allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to play well with you.
When playing cooperatively, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Combined, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Conversely, by bringing Swain and Gangplank together, you will not be providing your other teammates very much support. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Gangplank ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down 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 Swain in order to pair well with Gangplank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to have in your Swain and Gangplank synergy build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better as an ally of Gangplank than with most other typical builds. In fact, Swain boasted an average win rate of 50.6% when playing alongside Gangplank with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating your oponents, Swain players should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.6% win rate overall.
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