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How to Synergize Xayah with Gangplank on the Same TeamXayah is in the b tier of champions

Xayah with Gangplank

How to Win With Xayah and Gangplank Paired TogetherXayah is in the a tier of champions
Marksman
Fighter

How to Synergize Xayah and Gangplank

based on 822 Xayah with Gangplank pairs
Win Rate
46.2 %
K/D/A
2.19
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in the stats from from millions of LoL games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Xayah has fought alongside Gangplank in 822 recent, competitive matches. By pooling so much accurate data from the publishers of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can give you robust, insightful builds to help Xayah play with Gangplank. It is very rare for Xayah to play with Gangplank on the same team. This has only occurred in approx. 1.4% of matches with Xayah.

Xayah Gangplank Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Xayah does a pathetic job of synergizing with Gangplank. Typically, she wins a poor 46.2% of games the champs try and work together in. If you want to play better as Xayah when playing alongside Gangplank by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Xayah vs Gangplank Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerNoonquiver

Core Xayah Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsBloodthirsterKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Phantom DancerNavori QuickbladesStormrazor

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Xayah to level upe
>
Second ability for Xayah to level upw
>
Last skill for Xayah to max outq

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
DominationTaste of BloodUltimate Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Xayah's passive ability p
Xayah's q ability q
Xayah's w ability w
Xayah's e ability e
Xayah's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
W
9
E
10
W
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R
12
W
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W
14
Q
15
Q
16
R

Guide to Synergizing Xayah and Gangplank

Tips for Playing as Xayah with Gangplank

Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.

Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.

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.

Xayah Gangplank Synergy Stats

Xayah Image
Win Rate
46.2 %
VS
Win Rate
53.8 %
Gangplank Image
6.6
< Kills >
6.4
6.2
< Deaths >
6.1
7
< Assists >
6.6
1.57
< Killing Sprees >
1.49
186
< Minions Killed >
181
0.29
< Dragons Killed >
0.29
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.5
19,976
< Physical Damage >
19,629
377
< Magic Damage >
381
409
< True Damage >
383
20,763
< Damage Dealt >
20,394
21,290
< Damage Taken >
20,546
12,265
< Gold Earned >
11,987
2.31
< Towers >
2.33
0.11
< Baron Takedowns >
0.1
5,043
< Total Healing >
4,812
13,156
< Experience >
12,760
18
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
55
< Time Dealing CC >
55

How to Play with Gangplank as Xayah in LoL

The Xayah 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, Xayah sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gangplank. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Gangplank helps Xayah perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Xayah is an ally to Gangplank, she gets a marginal improvement in her complete damage output. This difference may signal that Gangplank supports by providing protection for her to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Xayah is played together with Gangplank on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Gangplank. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Gangplank.

Moreover, when Xayah plays with Gangplank on the same team, she often takes a little more damage than when she fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Gangplank does a poor job of covering Xayah in team fights.

Synergies between Xayah and Gangplank

Damage Types Compared

Xayah
Gangplank
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Xayah
Gangplank

Is Xayah better when played alongside Gangplank?

There is no perfect synergy for Xayah that will always be her ideal synergy. However, overall, Gangplank is a not very good teammate for Xayah. By being on the same side as Xayah, he decreases their win rate by -1.5% to 46.2%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful synergy between Xayah and Gangplank that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Gangplank has a much greater difficulty compared to Xayah. That means Xayah players need to be careful when finding Gangplank allies to fight alongside, as they will need a much higher level of skill to be able to do well with you.

Playing together, Xayah players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by aligning Xayah and Gangplank together, you will not be providing your side a lot of magic damage. Plan to have other champs on your team that helps cover this relative hole in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of your Gangplank ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Xayah Players

How We Calculated Our Xayah Gangplank Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Xayah and Gangplank, we analyzed 822 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Xayah with Gangplank comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Xayah in order to work well with Gangplank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The most crucial items to build first in your Xayah and Gangplank synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Xayah incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better as an ally of Gangplank than with most other common builds. In fact, Xayah had an average winrate of 46.2% helping carry Gangplank with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for this team composition, this mixture of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.2% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Gangplank with Xayah are given for all ranked divisions. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to an individual division, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.