Can Gangplank passively earn Silver Serpents on Summoner's Rift too?
You're already giving him a one per second boost on ARAM and Twisted Treeline due to the fact that he can't be guaranteed to CS well, but it doesn't change an issue I have with it on SR. Bascially, Gangplank could theoretically run OOM, or be put in an awkward situation where he can't push because of no vision or huge enemy team pressure, and he'll end up backing with something stupid like 494 Silver Serpents. So he has to wait until he Qs a minion 1-2 times, and then backs again just to get the bonus? I think that's a little bit unnecessary. Veigar and Nasus get their bonuses right away for doing pretty much the same thing.
It honestly doesn't even have to be a huge Silver Serpent generation over time either. Something like Cassiopeia's (I'M SORRY CASS MAINS, I KNOW YOU HATE THE REWORK, BUT THIS ACTUALLY COULD BE IMPLEMENTED WELL, SO I'M REMINDING YOU AGAIN OF HER REWORK) passive generation of one every ten seconds would probably work just fine. That, and I'd also like to see jungle Gangplank work again, and while it worked pretty well prework, rework he's way more effective at earning Silver Serpents top lane.
Outside of that, GP looks pretty alright balance-wise. He feels a lot more challenging to play, as well as rewarding to do so. Even a seasoned Gangplank main like myself has trouble detonating the casks against an alert enemy team, even if I hide a barrel behind FOW or in a brush. Yet when it goes off it's very satisfying.