how are the new barrels either fun or balanced.
Ill take either answer because it really seems like to me they are neither fun nor balanced.
also if you are going to up/downvote without commenting you belong on reddit.
B00B003 votesso, why exactly are they not balanced and not fun? it would be nice to get some context as to why you think this.
whycantibethree1 votesso, why exactly are they not balanced and not fun? it would be nice to get some context as to why you think this.
you can't dodge the barrels and they go through a lot of your armor so you can't even itemize against them. Its not fun having a matchup thats entirely based around how fast your auto attack is, because if you choose before him and god forbid play someone who riot decided to give a slower AA animation you will never hit the barrels before he does, and thats assuming he is a terrible gp and doesn't place the barrels as they are exploding.
You can't stop him from farming either because of his q, and the fact that he gets extra gold basically means you can't really shut him down just slow him down.
I'd seriously like someone to explain how its fun having a champion that can't be shut down, is a hyper carry and has undodgeable abilities if they know how to play him correctly. Unless you are playing against a shitter who doesn't understand that they can place the barrels as they explode they are actually undodgeable. Especially if it comes from a bush.
Basically imagine if xerath's q gave him movement speed instead of took it away and ignored 30% of MR and did 1.5x the damage, and made it so if you get within melee range you take 200+ true damage.
Joxcab1 votesyou can't dodge the barrels
I didn't realize a barrel covered the entire map in AoE.
whycantibethree1 votesI didn't realize a barrel covered the entire map in AoE.
they are faster than your ability to move 90% of the time and do have a relatively large AOE for an ability that is spammable. Not to mention his ult slows you. Yeah you can flash out of them if you are fast enough but i dont want to have to waste a 5 minute cooldown just to not take 70% health from a move he can do again in 10 seconds.
Hes basically a poke champion that can easily fuck you up if you get into melee with him and has the ability to break CC so it's even harder to catch him out. This was fine when his only poke was a targeted ability with ADC AA range. It's a bit different when its in a huge aoe and ignores armor, and isn't easily dodgeable if the GP isn't bad.
What they need to do is limit the amount of barrels you can have, take away the ability for enemies to auto them, and make it impossible to place barrels as the explosion is occuring. Make it more of a zoning mechanism or defensive rather than blowing someone up who's not even near you and can't realisticly stop you from doing it.
IllegalBagel2 votesGp is fun to play imo while his triple barrel combo does lack counter play(other than walking away from the barrels) id say his barrels have decent amount of counter play making him to face and fun to play. But fuck his instant cast ultimate. [slayer-jinx-catface]
l Dárius l2 votesgp is not good
franchise76761 votesI was a gangplank Main then they made these changes and I refunded him back to roit because he such a piece of shit now. true story
Sasogwa1 votesTo reddit my friends !
Seraphim1171 votesHonestly, I wish the would take back his barrel mini rework, 2 barrels in lane made him easy enough to shut down, and 5 barrels late game didn't really matter, because of how short his cdr is on the new barrels the affect is almost the same.
Kaìju1 votesIf he zones you our that bad and uses spells to cs he's gonna push the wave, making him an easy gank. Also pretty sure it's 18 sec cd early game for each barrel which is a long time to cs and wait for his combo. Other then that play a high sustain champ. Someone who can heal up after he blows his barrely wad.