Champion Update: Gangplank sails to PBE

[quote=MrMad2000][COLOR=WHITE]I personally think [[gangplank]] is fine at the moment and will continue to be after his rework. His strength's are in his decent laning and ranged harass with his dueling and being "average" at everything. Being average at everything makes you an anti-carry in my opinion, he can just walk up to an adc, slow them and zone them from fights whilst his team charges in. His utility is low, but it's decent I guess. Also, yes he is reliant on critical strike to deal effective damage, and he has a lack of mobility but it doesn't make him bad. He has a very different playstyle compared to a normal bruiser. A build that gives resistances, health, AD and 40/50% critical strike is more than enough to fulfill the role of being a successful 'anti carry' or at least a real nuisance for an ADC to handle.[/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm][quote=MrMad2000][COLOR=WHITE] Also, yes he is reliant on critical strike to deal effective damage, and he has a lack of mobility but it doesn't make him bad. He has a very different playstyle compared to a normal bruiser. A build that gives resistances, health, AD and 40/50% critical strike is more than enough to fulfill the role of being a successful 'anti carry' or at least a real nuisance for an ADC to handle.[/quote] Yeah but someone like [[Gnar]] for instance can build full tank, kill an ADC (and CC or disrupt multiple other units) and live to tell the tale. Riot has kind of made actual bruiser-tanks broken, meaning the half ass ones, like [[Gangplank]], who have little special niches like his crit thing, kinda shitty. Even [[Garen]] is more useful than Gangplank in the long run because he's just a massive beefcake with 20x more durability, and still does enough damage to be considered a threat. That's a massive exaggeration of course. I'm ignoring GP's ult in that scenario. He does have a bit of a special thing going with that. Cross map assistance. But then it's like, why not play [[Shen]]? Shen can also anti-carry pretty decently without building offense (because he often ends up building things like thornmail, and has decent enough DPS on squishies on his own). And nearly every top laner takes TP, making this advantage slightly less relevant.[/quote]

[quote=MrMad2000][color=white][size=3]You have a really fair point and I agree with you to a certain degree, but all these champions have completely different kits and also have slightly different playstyles. They play similar roles but the champion feel is different overall which might attract a player. Someone might pick [[gangplank]] because they're more comfortable with him. If we compare [[shen]] and [[gangplank]] as you said before, and their kits they are both kind of similar. Gangplank Q: Ranged, applies a slow. Shen Q: Ranged, applies lifesteal buff. Gangplank R: Global, damage and slow. Shen R: Global, shield and teleport. Two out of five abilities are similar, so you might get a similar feel, but they both serve a completely different purpose. [[gangplank]]'s Q can be used to catch an enemy due to it applying a slow from his passive, and it is a great harass tool. [[shen]]'s Q is a great harass tool aswell, but it has more utility since it lets allies heal from the target that has been marked by [[shen]]'s Q. They are similar abilities since they both are ranged and have similar properties, but their uses are completely different. [[Gangplank]] is a very different and unique champion because he's got a little bit of everything, and has nothing special about him. [[garen]] might be 20x more durable and have a single target silence but [[gangplank]] is better at roaming and kiting than a [[garen]] is and he does better against lane bullies who rely on their CC to do anything like [[ahri]] or [[riven]] even for example... He can just eat an orange and remove the charm or stun and walk away. Also, I'm like you, speak my mind and don't read what I've typed previously and a lot of the time I don't make sense, so please excuse me if I sound like English is my second language even though it's not. ♥[/quote]

[quote=DillButt64]just wanna let you know that new gangplanks Q doesnt slow, nor does it apply his new passive so he wont get an MS boost from it[/quote]

[quote=Re4XN]His [[parrrley]] never applied a slow, it was his old passive [[grog soaked blade]]. Since it has changed, you will only gain a movespeed burst from burning your passive (get it? GET IT???!111).[/quote]

[quote=Jovy][quote=LevasK][quote=MissMaw]I don't like the splash at all, what's he even doing... the old splash made him look like a kid though so I guess it's an improvement.[/quote] If I had to guess, I'd say that he's torturing someone with his burning sword and possibly going to pour some citrus juice into that person's wounds. And the splash art itself is taken from the POV of the person being tortured.[/quote]That's not nice at all! D:[/quote]

[quote=LevasK][quote=MissMaw][quote=LevasK][quote=MissMaw]I don't like the splash at all, what's he even doing... the old splash made him look like a kid though so I guess it's an improvement.[/quote] If I had to guess, I'd say that he's torturing someone with his burning sword and possibly going to pour some citrus juice into that person's wounds. And the splash art itself is taken from the POV of the person being tortured.[/quote]That's not nice at all! D:[/quote]Yearrrr, but it's "hardcore pirate stuff", which is what I guess Riot is going for with this rework.[/quote]

[quote=DillButt64]his old Q applied his passive which slowed so technically yes his Q did slow (^:[/quote]

[quote=Wayne3100]Article has been updated to show the new new [[Gangplank]]![/quote]

[quote=Nex The Slayer][quote=Wayne3100]Article has been updated to show the new new [[Gangplank]]![/quote] That makes a lot of the previous comments very, confusing...[/quote]