MOBAFire's first Mini Guide Contest of Season 14 is here! Create or update guides for the 30 featured champions and compete for up to $200 in prizes! 🏆

This build has been archived and is for historical display only

This build has been archived by the author. They are no longer supporting nor updating this build and it may have become outdated. As such, voting and commenting have been disabled and it no longer appears in regular search results.

We recommend you take a look at this author's other builds.

Not Updated For Current Season

This guide has not yet been updated for the current season. Please keep this in mind while reading. You can see the most recently updated guides on the browse guides page

Gangplank Build Guide by

When You're a Professional Piiiirraaaate!

2,004 Views

0 Comments

Gangplank Build Guide By Updated on

Guide Discussion More Gangplank Guides

Spells:

Clairvoyance

Clarity

Ability Order

Gangplank Passive Ability

Introduction

Hello and welcome to A Professional Piiiirraaaate!: a build guide of a different color!
I'm Gramps Tewks, bringing you grog-soaked Buccaneer strategy goodness direct from Tortuga.

Here's some barnacled genius (!) from the Muppets, and the namesake of this guide:

As always, kudos to the incomparable JhoiJhoi for the template, which you can find here.

And now, Onwards- for glory, scurvy, and plunder!!

Pros / Cons

space

Pros

+ Piratical plunder!
+ Eat oranges, for it will be K!
+ Global Ult!
()

space

Cons

- Haters gonna hate..
- When you Crit them for 1,000,000 Damage.
(With )

Runes

greater mark of desolation: Refer to: greater quintessence of desolation.
Greater Seal of Armor: Wheaties...
Greater Glyph of Magic Resist: The Breakfast of Champions.
greater quintessence of desolation: Hot stuff with The Brutalizer!

Masteries

Swiftness stacks with Raise Morale's Speed boost!
Weapon Expertise , Sunder , The Brutalizer, and Runes = 50 Armor Pen :O
Deadliness and Lethality are awesome in the late-game!
Vampirism is all the Life steal Gangplank needs.

Summoner Spells

: With the quick 40% CDR from this build, , , and are hilariously spammable!
You need mana to fuel the madness.
It's a FULL REFILL all game long!

space

: Target your s in the fog of war and be an awesome team player in general!

Due to 's extreme utility from (mini- and ) and (), his combat performance really doesn't suffer if you forgo the Offensive Spells.

Take 'em if ya like 'em, but I've found the Utility of and to be much more powerful.

Skill Discussion

Grog-Soaked Blade: Mini- Ignite and Exhaust for free?!?
Parrrley (Q): Flintlock pistol with infinite ammo. Here's what you get:
- Amazing harass and last-hits!
- Excessive stacks of cash!
- Applies your Passive....
- It CRITICAL HITS
Remove Scurvy (W): When used correctly, Remove Scurvy is rage-worthy!
Cleanse Warwick's Ultimate (for example) and enjoy the fireworks.
Raise Morale (E): Sweet Damage and the Movement Speed of Zeal in your pocket. Share with your Pirate friends for even more fun during teamfights!
Cannon Barrage (R): Ridiculous with 40% CDR from Ionian Boots of Lucidity, etc.
Fight-winning cannons every minute are Unbelievably Powerful!

Skill Sequence

is far and away your first skill to max: Gold, Damage, foolishness, etc.
Level and together for maximum utility!
falls at Level 6, 11, and 16.

Items

philosopher's stone + : A truly fearsome combo!
Try it and be amazed.
+ : The Brutalizer is off-th'-bloomin'-chain in EVERY WAY POSSIBLE.
Get this stuff on your second trip to the shop!
Total CDR: 10%
: Better nerf Ionian Boots of Lucidity ;)
Total CDR: 25%
: Parrrley hits SO HARD and farming is a cinch!
+ : Lose the flab, ye scurvy dawg.

Gangplank's a beautiful blend of Tank, Utility, and Damage after you've farmed 5500 Gold!

philosopher's stone
: Now you need Health, Cooldown Reduction, and have no open inventory spaces, so upgrade Null-Magic Mantle to Spirit Visage.
It also vastly improves the Heal from Remove Scurvy!
Total CDR: 35%
: B. F. Sword = 1650 Gold for 45 Damage.
Chain Vest Upgrade = 1655 Gold for 44 Damage AND 18% Crit chance!
Critical Chance: 22%
: Youmuu's Ghostblade's Active is your Attack Speed go-to!
Total CDR: 40%
Critical Chance: 37%
: Walk softly and carry a BIG STICK.

Critical Chance: 62%
Critical Damage: 260%
: Sell philosopher's stone for awesomeness!
Critical Chance: 72%
: The Final Act.
Critical Chance: 77%

Here's the completed build~ it's slightly ridiculous.

Gameplay

Early-Game

Simply last-hit minions with yer cutlass and ! Harass your opponent if they've got no sustain.
Your primary goal is to farm around 800 Gold for philosopher's stone and as quickly as possible; afterwards, you can stay in lane and stack $$$ for a good long while!

Mid-Game

Once you've got philosopher's stone , you're a MONSTER.
Use as often as possible, push turrets LIKE MAD and WIN TEAM FIGHTS.

Late-Game

With philosopher's stone in yer grip, you're a DEMON.
Go ahead and WIN THE GAME with your teammates.

Summary

If ye dare, take up the accursed cutlass and pistol of !
Because when you're a Professional Piiiirraaaate......

You don't have to wear a suit!

~Gramps Tewks