Zoe with Gangplank
How to Synergize Zoe and Gangplank
based on 652 Zoe with Gangplank pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Zoe Gangplank Synergy Summary
Best Zoe vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Core Zoe Items
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Guide to Synergizing Zoe and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Zoe with Gangplank
Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Find a hiding spot to set up for a long distance kill.
Break Sleep with your biggest damage source, since enemies who are asleep take double damage.
Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown. Casting it behind yourself before redirecting can deal tons of damage.
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.
Zoe Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Zoe in LoL
The Zoe 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, Zoe sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gangplank. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Gangplank helps Zoe perform not as well in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Zoe is paired with Gangplank, she gets a marginal improvement in her total damage dealt. This could signal that Gangplank helps provide cover for her to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Zoe is played alongside Gangplank on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Gangplank.
Additionally, when Zoe plays with Gangplank on the same team, she on average receives more damage than when she plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Gangplank does a poor job of covering Zoe in team fights.
Synergies between Zoe and Gangplank
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Is Zoe better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no one best companion for Zoe that will no matter what be her best synergy. Yet, Gangplank is a not very good companion for Zoe. By being on the same team as Zoe, he drops their win rate by -1.3% to 45.7%. This signals that there is a bad bond between Zoe and Gangplank that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Gangplank has a much greater difficulty compared to Zoe. That means Zoe players should be very careful when arranging Gangplank comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Zoe players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to cover for your other teammates. Combined, these two might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Conversely, by pairing Zoe and Gangplank together, you may not be providing your side enough crowd control. Plan to include other champs on your team that nullifies this hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Gangplank ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Zoe in order to synergize with Gangplank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to prioritize in your Zoe and Gangplank synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Zoe included at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better as an ally of Gangplank than with most other common builds. In fact, Zoe boasted an average win rate of 45.7% helping carry Gangplank with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of beating your oponents, Zoe players should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Zoe and Gangplank pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 45.7% win rate overall.
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