Gangplank with Rek'Sai
How to Synergize Gangplank and Rek'Sai
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Gangplank Rek'Sai Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Rek'Sai Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Rek'Sai
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.
Advice to Understand How Rek'Sai Will Play
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
Gangplank Rek'Sai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Rek'Sai as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Rek'Sai synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rek'Sai, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Gangplank sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Rek'Sai. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Rek'Sai helps Gangplank perform not as well in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gangplank plays on the same team as Rek'Sai, he sees a little increase in his total damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Rek'Sai supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played alongside Rek'Sai on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Rek'Sai.
Additionally, when Gangplank plays with Rek'Sai on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Rek'Sai does a poor job of protecting Gangplank during team fights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Rek'Sai
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Rek'Sai?
There is no perfect synergy for Gangplank that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Rek'Sai is a not very good companion for Gangplank. By playing on the same side as Gangplank, he drops their win rate by -2.8% to 45.8%. This demonstrates that there is a bad strategic relationship between Gangplank and Rek'Sai that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Rek'Sai has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be very careful when arranging Rek'Sai comrades to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
When playing on the same side, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by bringing Gangplank and Rek'Sai together, you will not be providing your other teammates a great deal of magical damage output. We recommend you have other champs on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Rek'Sai teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank in order to pair well with Rek'Sai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to get in your Gangplank and Rek'Sai synergy build consist of Essence Reaver, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Rek'Sai than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average winrate of 45.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Rek'Sai with this build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing your oponents, Gangplank players should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Demolish, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 45.8% winrate overall.
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