Tahm Kench with Gangplank
How to Synergize Tahm Kench and Gangplank
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Tahm Kench Gangplank Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Tahm Kench and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench with Gangplank
Your most important function as a support is to keep fragile allies safe. Keep Devour's range and cooldown in mind and position accordingly!
Consider carefully when to use Thick Skin's active. Sometimes shielding early to avoid further damage is good, but sometimes the healing is more beneficial.
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.
Tahm Kench Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Tahm Kench in LoL
The Tahm Kench 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, Tahm Kench sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gangplank. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Gangplank helps Tahm Kench perform worse in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Tahm Kench is paired with Gangplank, he gets a measurable drop in his full damage output. This could indicate that Gangplank does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Tahm Kench 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.
Additionally, when Tahm Kench plays with Gangplank on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Gangplank does a decent job of covering Tahm Kench in teamfights.
Synergies between Tahm Kench and Gangplank
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Is Tahm Kench better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no top companion for Tahm Kench that will always be his top teammate. However, overall, Gangplank is a good companion for Tahm Kench. By playing on the same team as Tahm Kench, he raises their win rate by 2.2% to 53.8%. This clearly indicates that there is a somewhat important bond between Tahm Kench and Gangplank that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Gangplank has a much greater difficulty compared to Tahm Kench. That means you should be cautious when lining up Gangplank allies to play with, as they will need a much greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working alongside, Tahm Kench players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. When paired, these champions will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
In contrast, by pairing Tahm Kench and Gangplank together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates a great deal of utility. Plan to include other champs on your team that nullifies this relative gap in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Gangplank ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, 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 Tahm Kench in order to work well with Gangplank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to prioritize in your Tahm Kench and Gangplank synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Heartsteel, and Solstice Sleigh. When Tahm Kench bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Gangplank than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Tahm Kench boasted an average winrate of 53.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Gangplank with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Tahm Kench players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Unflinching, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Tahm Kench and Gangplank pairings, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.8% win rate overall.
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