Is GP's current power budget overnerfed, or he simply lacks what is needed in nowadays League?

Darth Valer·Jun 14, 2015·1 votes·619 views

I don't know whether Gangplank has good, strong tools that do not shine in the meta of the last few seasons, or if he is simply underwhelming and underpowered in terms of raw power, numbers and possibilities.

I like to compare him to and , which feel like respectively his lane bully and hypercarry sides in modern incarnations, which both have gap-closers and hard-CC whilst having means to exceed melee range (Yasuo's Q and Jayce cannon form) and defend themselves (Yasuo's W and Jayce's hammer E).

Are GP's Q and W so overloaded that he can't have neither significant mobility nor CC? Or, I'd add, that he even lacks a noticeable passive and a whole skill (E is very lackluster :/).

I think that understanding the common judgement towards the power in his current kit may lead to a better comprehension of the power shifts his rework will feature.

3 Comments

ShuffledPancakeJun 14, 20151 votes

i do hate his e, nerfing him to give him a shit gonus or not nerfing him to keep a shit bonus - My thoughts

Irelia BotJun 14, 20151 votes

He is high on the rework list and had some items saying for GP only on the PBE recently.

So whatever place he is in currently doesn't really matter.

CrossXxodiaJun 14, 20151 votes

It's a little of column A, little of column B.

He was a bit overnerfed. A lot of these were indirect nerfs (items mostly, also certain mechanics changing, most new champions being straight up stronger than him, etc.). So now we stand here with a Gangplank who could use a bit more love.

Yet at the same time, I could also see him fitting into a similar situation that Ashe had been in for a really long time: Strong on paper, but their skillset simply isn't in demand at the time. Ashe has made comebacks a few times before (though typically not for very long). Gangplank... really hasn't.

That said, tanks are all over the place right now from what I can tell, and up against a tank Gangplank is probably one of the last characters I'd pick.