Zyra with Gangplank
How to Synergize Zyra and Gangplank
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Zyra Gangplank Synergy Summary
Best Zyra vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zyra and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Zyra with Gangplank
Seeds grant vision to your team.
Placing a seed in your spell's path after you have cast it gives you the best chance of having a seed in the proper spot.
Zyra is a great ambusher - look for opportunities to set a trap of seeds in brush, then lure enemies in.
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.
Zyra Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Zyra in LoL
The Zyra 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, Zyra sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gangplank. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Gangplank helps Zyra perform poorer in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Zyra tries to synergize with Gangplank, she gets a little increase in her full damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Gangplank supports by providing cover for her to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Zyra is played alongside Gangplank on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Gangplank. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Gangplank.
Additionally, when Zyra plays with Gangplank on the same side, she usually takes a little more damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Gangplank does a poor job of covering Zyra during teamfights.
Synergies between Zyra and Gangplank
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Is Zyra better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no top champion pairing for Zyra that will always be her best synergy. However, Gangplank is a below average companion for Zyra. By being on the same side as Zyra, he decreases their win rate by -1.9% to 50.7%. This shows that there is a bad bond between Zyra and Gangplank that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Gangplank has a greater difficulty than Zyra. That means Zyra players need to be very careful when enlisting Gangplank comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to work well with you.
When playing alongside, Zyra players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by aligning Zyra and Gangplank together, you may not be granting your team a lot of utility. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Gangplank ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Zyra in order to synergize with Gangplank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to focus on in your Zyra and Gangplank synergy build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Zyra used at least these three finished items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting alongside Gangplank than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Zyra had an average winrate of 50.7% when playing alongside Gangplank with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating your oponents, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Relentless Hunter, and Taste of Blood runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this mix of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.7% win rate overall.
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