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What is Gangplank's counterplay in lane?

Dangerous Man··4 votes·642 views

Ever since Gangplank was reworked Gangplank player's adopted the play style of sitting under turret for literally half the laning phase (when I say literally, I'm actually using it properly this time) only running out to CS with Q or make a barrel chain. Now I don't find Gangplank's kit broken whatsoever. But the fact that they don't do anything until they get a gank is just cancer. I honestly have no clue how to beat this since I can't kill them as GP has like 450 movespeed from some ability (never bothered to figure out why) and he's got the massive slow on his barrels. So he just runs around doing nothing barely CSing until 2v1. I've tried not pushing and just last hitting but then they just shoot you instead and after about 6 Qs he could probably just kill you so playing passive doesn't work.

I have never seen a Gangplank actually play like a normal human being outside of turret. When they leave turret they just Q, get the phage speed and run away. Any tips on beating him as melee AD champions without dashes?

14 Comments

undesirable team1 votes

not shoving wave under his tower?

Dangerous Man3 votes

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not shoving wave under his tower?

I said not pushing only ends with getting poked to death. Which doesn't usually result in death, just constantly recalling and losing gold, exp, and turret health and allowing him to roam.

Bronze Demon1 votes

smack his barrels

Subject 51 votes

GP loses to everybody in lane. That's pretty much like . . . his counterplay. He takes ALOT of gold to get going, but when he does get going- he's a hyper carry.

KVbqbFsC8e3 votes

He doesn't actually lose lane since he's super safe and can reliably farm against virtually anyone if you know how to use the barrels. Thats a bit of an issue considering how hard he scales.

TEA Nietzsche 1 votes

Dive him with your jungler. It's really simple, push the wave so he has to use his barrels (and he has to use 2 cuz you could destroy his barrel if he places it on your ranged minions). You will still have some minions because he doesn't oneshot early but he has no tool to survive the dive and boom GP is dead.

GreenBoÍ1 votes

Fiora

Solidarius1 votes

Pantheon owns him for example...

I dont know how much you played top lane but gp is easy to counter and beat especially early ... you gotta force him to fight if hes playing safe... take ignite instead of tp if u have 2

lvl 1-3 should be easy for you to control the lane/ set up freeze ect... learn to dodge barrels and when he gets his items dont fight him... by that time lane phase should be over...

lucian top also should own him .. i own most gps with my main

MonkeyKing

hes a melee carry dont let him farm/get levels

your not fighting early lane bullies like rene or darius or fiora go ham on him at every opportunity.

and for the love of god dont dive him under turret if hes got ulti up

WitchQueen Annie1 votes

I think you pick Tryndamere into him and try to all-in him for cheese kills

FeelsCampedMan1 votes

You're not beating GP as an immobile melee It's just not happening Champions that can jump on his face and murder him like Irelia are good

Slack King1 votes

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Ever since Gangplank was reworked Gangplank player's adopted the play style of sitting under turret for literally half the laning phase (when I say literally, I'm actually using it properly this time) only running out to CS with Q or make a barrel chain. Now I don't find Gangplank's kit broken whatsoever. But the fact that they don't do anything until they get a gank is just cancer. I honestly have no clue how to beat this since I can't kill them as GP has like 450 movespeed from some ability (never bothered to figure out why) and he's got the massive slow on his barrels. So he just runs around doing nothing barely CSing until 2v1. I've tried not pushing and just last hitting but then they just shoot you instead and after about 6 Qs he could probably just kill you so playing passive doesn't work.

I have never seen a Gangplank actually play like a normal human being outside of turret. When they leave turret they just Q, get the phage speed and run away. Any tips on beating him as melee AD champions without dashes?

Shove him under tower, gank his jungler, mid and bot. Take dragons, take towers. Let him afk farm while his team lost

Sp33d Zer01 votes

His barrels take forever to prime, he has trouble farming gold early, he has no gap closers for if you close onto him or he wants to engage you.

Escheton1 votes

Get a heavy armor runepage. Dorans Shield start. Tada, you can ignore his pistol shots and let him waste mana. Then just don't shove, and let minion aggro and whatever poke or trading power you have get him low enough to just kill.

Dangerous Man1 votes

I appreciate all these comments, but so far, only one comment sounds like it should work. The rest I either can't do or require playing X champion.

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