I feel that Gangplank's Armor Pen build is OP, but is healthier than the Crit build
I have Mastery 7 Gangplank, and I sincerely believe the Armor Pen build is much healthier than the Crit build on Gangplank.
Critical Strikes are one of the few RNG elements left in the game, and although one random Crit from downtown is really frustrating to lose to, this can be a much worse situation with Gangplank's AoE Crits coming from barrels.
For example, I was running the armor pen build, which is
, and I thought, "Hey, some Crit might be fun."
So I got
. 3 minutes later, I was in a teamfight down bottom lane, and I got in place for a triple barrel (You E behind you, E in fron of you, shoot the barrel behind you then toss a third barrel out in front) and landed it on the Enemy ADC, Mid Laner , and Support.
1.7K. It was absolutely ridiculous. I only had 21% chance (I run 1% Crit runes lol) and I just deleted three of the enemy team with a 250% damage barrel. To the people I'm playing against, it's very frustrating to face something like that, and it can also be very frustrating when you are playing 80% Crit Gangplank, and your barrel doesn't Crit, and does no damage because you didn't invest in much AD and Armor Pen.
Just a little rant. I know Ganplank probably still needs nerfs, but I feel Armor Pen is the healthier way to balance the champion.

