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I have not won a single GP game since last patch.

Onwodori·3/5/2018, 10:15:15 PM·2 votes·431 views

I'm really burnt out by now. You are way, WAY too vulnerable as GP now and I am begging for some sort of revert or new playstyle to help him. I'm a pretty good GP player, I swear I'm not just an angry kid who is annoyed he can't win without exerting effort. No part of Gangplank feels fun or rewarding any more, it's just an agonizing slope to losing because you are so helpless in any lane as far as I can tell. You can't poke, you can't really farm without getting all in killed, you can't escape ganks because your barrels no longer can ward - all the strength has been pulled out such that there's no late game to get to and no scaling into cheaper, earlier builds. He's an honest to goodness dead champion, not even a 'late game' champion. You'll never eek by to late game when any top laner can 80% you in a standard trade.

Yell at me if you want and tell me I'm wrong, whatever. I just am saying from experience my very favorite champion since season 4 is now unplayable in his current state.

10 Comments

Rewt3/5/2018, 10:29:38 PM3 votes

Most of the nerfs were justified...... but 20 seconds.... why.

The barrel duration nerf could use to be adjusted. it was like 1min before. now its 20 seconds So it think there should be middle ground. The barrels should last 40 seconds

woodvsmurph3/5/2018, 10:39:39 PM3 votes

He's hardly unplayable. He's not even a high skill champ. Literally the only challenge with gp is being able to learn a 3 barrel combo. Unless you are ganked, you should literally never die in lane due to range and your free cleanse/heal followed by barrel to slow down pursuers. He has near infinite sustain via oranges and klepto items. Purely trading farm puts you ahead. You have no need to kill your lane opponent, though you can easily force them out of lane with your poke and barrels because it's nigh impossible to trade back against a gp other than by using a very long cd gapcloser. Just because he's not at a complete braindead level of freelo right now does not mean he needs a buff, a rework, or anything to make his life easier. There's well over a two dozen champs in much weaker spots than gp. Asking for buffs on him makes as much sense - if not less sense - than the shaco players calling for buffs for their "unplayable" 51%+ winrate champ in high elo.

Eedat3/6/2018, 1:03:36 AM3 votes

He's still at 51% WR with 12% PR. Maybe you've just been unlucky or need more time to adjust

Sahn Uzal3/5/2018, 10:38:10 PM2 votes

Unplayable? I wouldn't say so. But that E nerf does feel hella bad. It's not even the difference in raw strength if you ask me; It's the fact that it just feels like shit. I'd really like to get some of the E duration back, even if I need to take another kick in the base health for it or something.

Either way, I'd recommend trying Grasp on GP, it provides you with a nice amount of lane sustain and pressure.

I personally roll Grasp, Bone plating, Second Wind (swap this with Conditioning into some lanes if you want) and Revitalize (Feel free to roll with Overgrowth, I just think that rune sucks.) Secondary's gonna be sorcery, because that lets you take Manaflow band (to make up for the Q nerf). Combine that with scorch or Gathering storm. Or maybe transcendance/celerity. You do you, I'm not your real dad :P

nelogis3/6/2018, 9:20:33 AM1 votes

Have you tried playing him mid?