What can and can't you do with the Gangplank barrels?
I'm trying to figure out new gangplank, and a lot of his barrel play looks interesting. but i'm having trouble using them effectively. Any advice on what to do or not to do with a barrel?
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You never have to face check again because they have 1000 range.
Kite slow, usually ineffective since everyone ever knows to dodge it.
Thats it it doesnt stack any damage so dont bother wasting ur barrels for that. However they cost no mana so use as many as u like (max 5)
Pretty sure the opponent can't see them in bushes, so stack 'em up and wait for an ambush opportunity.
I had to check the wiki to figure out how his keg damage worked. And as it turns out, it mealy augments your own physical attacks, to form an AoE. Ignoring 60% of targets Armor. This apparently includes damage if you crit, as well as tri force proc.
In lane, I would use the barrels to clear waves, farming as much Parley plunder that you can manage, while using the reset on his passive, for lane harass.
I could imagine this creating quite a nasty trap around dragon and baron fights. Try putting one barrel just outside of the dragon pit, behind a wall. Throw another barrel into the dragon pit connecting the two. And then use the outside barrel to trigger the explosion, dealing massive damage to everyone in the pit. (Not sure if the blast radius is big enough though.)
Not too familiar with Tankplank. But if you try to build him tankyier, I would suggest lots of Health and CDR. His new Oranges scale with %HP missing, making health really useful. Also good for removing CC, if you have enough CDR.
Can Do:
- Try to set up a barrel chain so an enemy can AA once to cancel it from far out of range.
- Drive yourself crazy because it feels really awkward to use.
- Contemplate how it's even remotely pirate-like.
Can't Do:
- Have a different, more interesting, less role-constraining ----ing skill.