His passive doesn't proc on his Q, only his melee attacks, yet he has 79 health per level
How exactly do you expect him to survive in any teamfight?
Fyi, 79 health per level is lower than many ranged champions, including Fiddlesticks, NIdalee, and Ziggs. Yea Ziggs, that long range poke champ who deserves higher hp/level because he has to get in melee range
Lord Dusteon7 votesBy using his barrels, Q, and W correctly.
lightdragoon881 votesThis.
Rueian2 votesOranges make everything K
Prospector Pete1 votes^^
Fadedpf2 votesHis oranges scaling with missing health now. Tankplank will probably be huge when his rework comes out. Sustain and still be able to do good damage because this rework looks very generous.
3TWarrior1 votesbruiser gangplank might work too with his standard build items of 
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then I think guardian's angel and banshee's veil would suit as he's always the "one that got away"
tankplank with banshee's will be nuts though, you can't stop him XD he'd be like olaf but better XD
something that makes me sad though is that if his passive no longer procs on Q, the utility masteries probably won't either, so bye bye 8 gold per hit T.T
X8ViEhkPS01 votesbruiser gangplank might work too with his standard build items of
then I think guardian's angel and banshee's veil would suit as he's always the "one that got away"
tankplank with banshee's will be nuts though, you can't stop him XD he'd be like olaf but better XD
something that makes me sad though is that if his passive no longer procs on Q, the utility masteries probably won't either, so bye bye 8 gold per hit T.T
Q's functionality is the same, his passive has it flagged as "melee basic attack"
3TWarrior1 voteswhy does Riot specifically go out of their way to say "on melee attacking" instead of on hit then?
Q is supposed to apply all on hit effects as though it were a melee basic attack, but, not even the champion spotlight shows him utilizing his passive on his Q now (the one from the launcher since I doubt the site has been updated )
Adanim2 votesHe also starts with the highest base health at level 1 in the game (at least that was true since Kalista's release, I dont know if Tahm or Rek'Sai have surpassed him). So he sits at an okay spot in terms of health scaling.
Only Play Darius1 votesRek'Sai's base health has been nerfed, and I believe tahm has low base defense stats to compensate for his grey health mechanic.
Spicy Rice2 votesBy eating oranges and being k
SaltyKracka1 votes...It's literally 2 less health per level than he used to have.
Cry me a river, build me a bridge, and get over it, ya big baby.
FalconPawwwwnch1 votesBecause Gangplank was top tier before lol
He was average at best, garbage on an average day
Only Play Darius1 votes
was the only recent rework that made the champion significantly better to play overall.
This gp rework is going to go down with the 
reworks.
3TWarrior1 votesnot really, it trades one utility with another and increases his chance to farm gold with Q
I worry about his future though, as is my other post
the biggest thing that annoys me now though is that instead of slowing his opponent(probably because of the no longer stacking slows...), he now gains a move speed bonus to himself when his passive is activated
the true damage is great though as far too few champs have it, but it's small, so idk why riot does calculations based upon base values
gangplank's ult shreds an entire team in the new video, but it will probably only be squishies that get affected as such
oh well, more farm for the farm master....I mean the Saltwater Scourge