Udyr is one of the best junglers in the game. Taking advantage of this can give your team a large XP advantage and map control.
Damage is applied to turtle shield post-mitigation. Therefore, buying defensive items can drastically increase your survivability.
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 Udyr 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, Udyr 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 drop shows that Gangplank helps Udyr perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Udyr plays on the same team as Gangplank, he sees a barely noticable drop in his complete damage output. This change may demonstrate that Gangplank does not help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Udyr is played alongside Gangplank on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Gangplank.
Moreover, when Udyr plays with Gangplank on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Gangplank does a poor job of covering Udyr in teamfights.
There is no ideal ally for Udyr that will always be his ideal synergy. Yet, overall, Gangplank is a very typical companion for Udyr. By locking into the same side as Udyr, he drops their win rate by -0.7% to 49.1%. This signals that there is not really a strong synergy between Udyr and Gangplank that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Gangplank has a greater difficulty than Udyr. That means Udyr players should be very careful when arranging Gangplank teammates to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working cooperatively, Udyr players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by aligning Udyr and Gangplank together, you will not be granting your other teammates a great deal of AP. Plan to bring other champions on your team that helps cover this hole in their potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Gangplank ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Udyr to synergize with Gangplank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to prioritize in your Udyr and Gangplank synergy build include Frozen Heart, Liandry's Torment, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Udyr incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Gangplank than with many other common builds. In fact, Udyr boasted an average winrate of 49.1% when playing alongside Gangplank with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Udyr players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.1% winrate overall.
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