@Riot if you really want to nerf Gangplank

Azirious Mistake·10/18/2015, 9:47:49 PM·9 votes·568 views

Then remove the movement speed he gets from destroying a barrel, on a champion whose main weakness should be immobility he has 3 somewhat powerful movement speed steroids (4 if you count Phage procs) and a W that heals and cleanses CC, Gangplank simply has a broken kit with insane damage and global presence and... actually everything you would want in a champion, you should at least get rid of one of the movespeed boost on destroying his E so he has to take risks to get his true damage off.

7 Comments

Gunpoint10/18/2015, 11:06:50 PM3 votes

"everything you would want in a champion." I want a dash, I want a stun/knockup. He has neither of those. Aside from that point your argument is valid.

junglerboy1610/19/2015, 12:19:02 AM3 votes

The real problem is that his barrels ignore too much armor and his early game as a top laner is generally too safe for how strong his late game is.

Remlap122310/19/2015, 4:52:38 AM1 votes

I'd be much more comfortable with him having the slow on his barrels lowered and his movespeed decaying, rather than have it not function. That's his only means of gap closing, if it's just a slow, unless GP's really freaking close to someone, he's not going to catch them with his melee.

I mean, GP's not the only champion who buys speed, and I don't think you're going to advocate Hecarim's E getting gutted, or Volibear's Q, or Xin's E as a result of that.

I'm not saying this because I want GP to be strong, I just know that if you nerf him incorrectly, I know that he's going to go back to a Q bot, which isn't healthy for anyone.

Lovelle10/20/2015, 5:36:23 PM1 votes

What sucks is that these nerfs are going to carry over to Dominion and 3v3, where GP is far from overpowered. He's average on Dominion and "decent" at best on 3v3.

I rather enjoy playing him on these maps, but it's going to be near impossible after these nerfs go through. It probably won't be the last time he's nerfed either. Meanwhile, champs like Fiora are just going to continue stomping with zero effort.