I feel that Gangplank's Armor Pen build is OP, but is healthier than the Crit build

Toastersaot··1 votes·1,077 views

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 item 3078 item 3142 item 3147 , and I thought, "Hey, some Crit might be fun."

So I got item 3031 . 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.

4 Comments

TTK Dreadnought1 votes

Earlier i tested this in a custom game for fun since i was trying to practice my farming early game.

item 3078 item 3031 item 3046 item 3812 item 3074

50% crit, and additional sustain. I run 10% Flat CD runes and use thunderlords. I'll switch out Death's dance with item 3142 when needed.

The Solo baron was fun.

Toastersaot1 votes

Have you tried item 3147 ? It has Flat Pen and your Q procs the Nightfall Passive.

MunchCrunchLunch1 votes

Gangplank item 3158 item 3142 item 3078 item 3053 item 3748 item 3033

falls off but works well for me fairly tanky.

Malignant Vemira1 votes

Gangplank item 3031 item 3031 item 3031 item 3031 item 3508 item 3812

Once I hit full build, if I'm still not able to carry hard enough, I sell items, slowly transitioning into this build. Let me tell you about 295% crits (Crit damage runes)...

When one barrel does deletes the carries and shreds the tanks, and your team still can't clean up. Well, fuck....

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