I was against a Lee Sin (may he burn in eternal fire), and got the first kill on him, but he proceeded to beat my ass several times over during the lane phase. Tried to set up barrel nests and he killed them before I could Q them to boom. With only Q to attack with, I couldn't figure out how to fight back reliably. The Mana vs Energy discrepancy didn't help either.
Any tips?
10Tickler2 votesBuild 1-2 damage items, then get tanky, Practice Throwing barrels and popping an already placed one. You've mastered GP
Strawberrycocoa2 votesOh, like set one up close to you, drop a barrel on them, and then chain the 1 bar barrel into the full one?
10Tickler2 votesYup
ZeeWolfZ2 votesI main GP and he is probably one of the TOP hidden overpowered champions. He is an extremely complex champion, i'll give you that. Let me start you with your hardest counters: Riven: Stay away and farm and only farm. She will crush you (assuming he is a capable player: Plat 3+). Use your W ONLY to get out of her Q combo's Stun. Otherwise, you are a goner. Use ult for yourself. Panth: You are dead. Not a fun lane at all. He is just better. Hug and farm. You'll go oom faster than he will. Use ult for yourself. Irelia (skill matchup): She is very strong, don't underestimate her, but I haven't lost to one. Do not melee her post 6-13, she will out duel you. However, her damage may surprise you if you face a good one. That's it for counters.
Now, you want to start your Barrel vs champions like : Darius, Riven, Irelia, Fiora, and Mundo, the rest you start Q.
VS given examples, you will place your barrel between your backline minion wave and frontline. YOUR MINION WAVE, not his/her. Then you will farm and attempt to trade your passive's dmg to test the waters. Once Q is up, you will use it to POKE. Not farm. POKE. Everytime it's up, poke and poke. You will do some devastating damage. Once you have first 1050 gold, you base, fast, buy sheen, and either walk or port back. Your ultimate want to save for bottom lane's fights. This way you will gain EASY assists and kills.
Your ideal Build:
starting item:
first buy:
next buy:
IF FED:
IF regular progression:
Which Pen to use:
Vs Soraka teams AND high heal teams (WW, Swain, etc.) (if two or more || ALWAYS vs Soraka Teams)
Vs Tanky teams (Garen, Chogovich, Tahm, etc.) (if two or more)
Final Build:
Last Item:
(personal fav) || 
Boot Upgrade:
ULT UPGRADE ORDER:
There are many, maaaaaany things to know as GP that I cannot cover in 5 minute read. I could go on for a while.
Couple of tricks I can share: Prior lvl 7 - Put your barrel in the first bush as safety and escape (since they give you a boost). When pushing 2nd tier turret, put a barrel infront of the turret and in your back. So if you have to slow them down you can Q the barrel, rush backwards, Then pop the barrel you put behind you for additional speed boost.
Things to keep in mind: Barrels have 40% pen (up to 80% with pen item). Barrels will always crit if Qed. Barrels MELT tanks. Barrels Slow the target. VS Ranged, start Q and farm with aa.
GOOD LUCK!
I'll make a video sometime. I'll keep you posted.
Strawberrycocoa1 votesThese are solid tips, thank you!
Question, how do you quickly farm up the 500 Serpents to upgrade the ult? It takes me a while to do it by Q farming. Using the barrel seems to only work if I can be left alone with a wave to chip them all down into low enough to BOOM.
ZeeWolfZ1 votesOn an average round I won't have my 1st upgrade until 20-21 min. 2nd until 27 min. Once you have your Trinity, you want to concentrate on popping your Barrels on fresh groups of minions (at times Trinity is not enough to pop all 6, usually back 3). That's an easy 42 coins every wave.
TaoistMaster2 votes
is an amazing item on GP
Toru Itai1 votesuse Ult on other lanes whenever they get into a fight assist gold for you and it helps the team