Gangplank Build Guide by Balrox Says Hi

To Xant:
Do you mean my guide needs more math? Or that MOBAFire guides in general need some more math?

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Nice guide, Lots of info and it is very well put together. I do have some questions though.

First, the seals. I understand your reasoning of wanting to stack the slow and DoT faster but with a base move of 315 you're as fast or faster than roughly 80% of the champions in the game. Assuming your opponent didn't start with boots you can Parley them for one slow stack then smack em for a second and they won't be getting away easily after that especially when you hit them with another parley. I find that my seals are better used on either straight crit of crit damage. Lately in testing I am at a loss as to which option is actually better but since you get so much crit from items late game I am leaning towards crit damage as it stacks with Infinity's Edge.

Second, starting with brawlers gloves. Once again I understand that you want the crit to make your parley hurt more but I think that starting like that will seriously hurt your ability to stay in lane early game. Gangplank wants to last hit with Parley as much as possible, not starting with an MP5 item is counterproductive to that and in the long run will actually cost you hundreds if not 1k+ gold by the end of the game. You also never go for a MP5 item in your build at all. While I understand you like the Blue buff you are not guaranteed to have it or even be the priority on it in your game. I think that starting with the Meki Pendant (7MP5) will vastly improve your ability to last shot with parley thus increasing your overall gold far beyond Avarice blades Gold/5, not to mention allowing you to use Remove Scurvy more in the early game laning phase. I would actually remove Avarice blade completely in favor of Meki > Tear > Manamune.

Third, the Atma's. I love your math, don't get me wrong. But I think that Atma's should actually be a part of your situational item list and Banshee's Veil be in your main item list. Gangplank with Banshee's Veil and Remove Scurvy is truly amazing. You have Banshee's buff up and people have to deal with that and they spend so much time trying to get that buff off you that when they finally do they will rush you with other CC that you can pop remove scurvy on. Gangplank is truly scary when his Banshee's buff is up, especially against most AP carries.

Good job!! :D

Great Guide!!!!

To Dante710:
Thanks!

To Norbi916:
Thank you!

To Phoulmouth;
Very interesting!
For the seal, you make a very good point, i will keep the seals the same, and add the crit damage to the alternatives

For starting item:
That sounds like a extremely good idea, but one of the reasons i like to use an avarice is because it is very cheap so i just sell it after i get my other items. But getting a manamune and a tear and meki sounds like it would infact work, AND i would gain mana from my Q. I will see if there are any items that i would prefer to remove in order to facilitate a manamune.

About atma vs banshee:
Well, usually if the game isn't over and I already have all of my items up to that point, i am probably able to kill them with a single Q or 2 so I don't really have too much of a concern for defense. But you bring up a good point. This i rather leave alone

Also, i would recommend making a guide if I were you. I would find it very interesting to read,and would show me a bit more about your opinion. It would most definetly receive and upvote via me

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I think i might just make a second build for Gangplank and use some of ur suggestions, and ofc credit you

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