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The Rework Train is uh coming CHOO CHOO CHOO!

Aunuxa·5/23/2015, 8:31:29 AM·1 votes·596 views

Alright Riot, slow and steady like a steam engine you are rolling out the champ reworks and updating past chaps with some new gizmos. As my one and only Champ (ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY PRINCE PIRATE) GANGPLANK is on the list of reworks to head our way eventually I was hoping to hear more about your plans for him? Currently I think he his a fine champ to play, with maybe a little tweaking to his to "E". I know that riot is trying to get rid of most point "POINT AND CLICKS" and a lot of people do not like how GP's "Q" works. A major part of GP's Q is that is acts as a ranged AA. If this was turned into a skill shot I feel that his Gameplay would be heavily changed and lose the synergy with his core items like shiv and trinity force. Like most days I dream of ways to either make GP better(but too op since that would mean other people would play him and that's not cool) and harmonious with current meta. My Latest dream is IF riot was to change GP's Q into a skill shot that it would turn his next AA into a ranged AA, this would still synergies with core items as well as give him a bit more counter play around his Q. This could then allow GP's other abilities to be strengthened to make up for the additive counter play. For example his "W" should heal for total hp%, and higher ranks of "E" should increase the amount his passive slows other champions.

#GPONLY #GP4LIFE

4 Comments

Darth Valer5/23/2015, 9:21:06 AM2 votes

As far as I know (source: Red posts) he will still be buildable as Critplank, his Q won't become a skillshot, his E will be completely changed, his W should stay a heal+cleanse with a cast-time. I've always despised E for his substantial lack of raw, direct power (you provide weak, almost unnoticeable buffs to yourself while standing still and losing chase/escape potential and your team and THAT'S a full skill slot in your kit). Then again I've come to love it mainly because of the passive MS it give, which allows to skip boots (Trinity+Shivv+Rank5 E = 417 MS) in favor of a 6th item. Gangplank needs thousands of stats (AD, Crit-chance, Armor Penetration, Lifesteal, Hp, Resistances, Cooldown Reduction, Attack Speed) and imho his E gives him room to build most of them.

Should his rework strip him of that bonus MS, I hope it'll be replaced with a consistent, strong asset, like hard CC, some form of meaningful mobility or impactful steroids. Anyhow most GP players I've seen build boots so the full "weight" of his E and its likely replacement won't be felt. As for his passive, I hope that, should it stay the same, it'll receive some meaningful scaling into mid-late game.

jDVL20eCYs5/23/2015, 8:47:34 AM1 votes

no