gangplank?

Mashup9999·Jul 4, 2015·1 votes·1,270 views

is gangplank worth buying? just wondering i have 3150 ip

13 Comments

IllllllIIIIlllllJul 4, 20151 votes

If you've played him on free week and like playing him? Yes. If you haven't yet? Probably not. Balance shouldn't have a big impact on whether you play a champion or not, especially given even professional players don't play perfectly.

BârdJul 4, 20151 votes

Yes. Max W>Q>E, build crit, go mid or top, then have the most fun ever.

3TWarriorJul 4, 20151 votes

he can work fairly well mid, but it depends upon his opponent. a lot of them don't get in range to be poked XD but when they do, they find out how much his attacks hurt

and the stronger his opponents get, the more damage he takes from their poke instead, so it varies. Typically W and Q are equal priority though

3TWarriorJul 4, 20151 votes

gangplank is very fun to play as critplank and can support his team

if you want a poke based AD champ though, I recommend Corki

Corki has everything this meta needs, is fun, and fairly well balanced overall with a lot of waveclear potential, but he's as vulnerable to crowd control as any other ADC

that's one advantage gangplank has over corki, Sustain and the ability to clear crowd control...he even has a global ult to play with XD

two of your worst nightmares playing as gangplank though are Nasus and Garen...Jayce probably also floats in this boat but he's a rare pick even as a lane bully

Mashup9999Jul 4, 20151 votes

i have corki and the dragonwing corki. any other good 3150s? i like adc but not mf and i already have twitch.

Mashup9999Jul 4, 20151 votes

also is gangplank a good 3150 to buy?

3TWarriorJul 4, 20151 votes

he's a fun pick to play as so it's up to you

he functions as an OFF ADC (if there is such a term because there's off-tank)

he is a fighter as his character range shows, but he is also a very high burst damage champ and one of riot's few "balanced" champions

he can do anything (except maybe jungle...tried it, didn't like it , but I don't like jungle in general)

he can top lane, he can go toe to toe with mid lane assassins and some mages

and he's one of the few if only champion capable of using relic shield's execute passive at a ranged distance (other champs would instead have to kill the minion)

overall, i'd say the most fun thing about him is his ability to farm even while tied or behind in lane

if you choose another role, tanky, his damage is still pretty high and his sustain is ridiculous

Thanotos OmegaJul 4, 20151 votes

This is a tough question, he is getting a middle tier rework soon, so the question is do you want to wait and see how that goes? or do you want to be able to say you played his old version before it?

Me personally i got Sion Pre-Rework so i could see what the difference was in gameplay, i feel this helped me better follow Riot's logic and am glad i did so,

CrossXxodiaJul 4, 20151 votes

Having played GP almost exclusively from mid 2013 to mid 2014 or so, I have about a billion thoughts on the guy, none of which I'll go into here.

I'll just leave it that he is, in my eyes, and incredibly situational pick who struggles against the vast majority of champions in the game.

And I'm going to elaborate slightly and say that that is an extremely optimistic point of view.

If I were to be blunt, I would just say he's the worst champion in the game (especially right now since super-tanky dudes are all over the place) but then I would have to go into why, the many reasons of which could fill a novel.

There's a reason they're reworking him. When's the last time he's seen competitive play? 2011?

Android CowboyJul 4, 20151 votes

GP is a blast to play..pun fully intended. Honestly, besides ziggs, I think he's the most actually FUN champ you can play. There is nothing better than a speed jacked GP running around parrrley crit'ing the holy hell out of everyone with statik shiv! Gnar

MLDzXnRRRJul 4, 20151 votes

Wait for the rework, he is useless now... but fun.

NVDaxJul 4, 20151 votes

He's getting a rework to be viable soon enough. He's fun, but so hard to do good with and carry. Gangplank is a case of jack of all trades, master of none.