Veigar with Gangplank
How to Synergize Veigar and Gangplank
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Veigar Gangplank Synergy Summary
Best Veigar vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Veigar and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Veigar with Gangplank
Veigar is extremely Mana and Cooldown Reduction dependent. Try buying items with these stats in order to increase the effectiveness of your passive and Baleful Strike.
Veigar is very fragile. It is valuable to select at least one summoner spell that can be used defensively.
Use Event Horizon to increase your chances of landing Dark Matter.
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.
Veigar Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Veigar in LoL
The Veigar 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, Veigar 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 drop shows that Gangplank helps Veigar perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Veigar tries to synergize with Gangplank, he sees a little increase in his total damage dealt. This change could signal that Gangplank provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Veigar is played with Gangplank on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Gangplank.
Moreover, when Veigar plays with Gangplank on the same side, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Gangplank does a poor job of protecting Veigar in teamfights.
Synergies between Veigar and Gangplank
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Is Veigar better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no one best companion for Veigar that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. However, Gangplank is a relatively poor ally for Veigar. By being on the same side as Veigar, he lowers their win rate by -1.9% to 47.4%. This proves that there is a harmful bond between Veigar and Gangplank that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Gangplank has a greater difficulty than Veigar. That means Veigar players must be careful when enlisting Gangplank comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
When playing on the same side, Veigar players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Together, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by grouping Veigar and Gangplank together, you may not be granting your other teammates enough protection for burst damage. Plan to include other champions on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Gangplank teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Veigar in order to work well with Gangplank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to focus on in your Veigar and Gangplank synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Veigar combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Gangplank than with most other common item sets. In fact, Veigar boasted an average win rate of 47.4% when playing alongside Gangplank with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, Veigar players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for this team composition, this mixture of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.4% win rate overall.
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