Just a quick question regarding the damage calculation on the barrels. Is crit calculated before the additional damage from the barrel is added? I like the addition of the barrels but they are somewhat difficult to use. Also the cast time on Parley seems to be longer than every characters attack animation which can make beating them to the lasthit a nightmare.
RogueWill1 voteswell you are supposed to use both barrel at the same time and chain it every time....otherwise unless you are against a melee champ that gladly enters the radious they will get destroyed every single time.
Alternatively I have seen GP just chain them on lane (all 7 of them) before a teamfight and make the enemy team decided if they eat the damage to close in the adc or deal with gp first (and risk the adc killing them)
Drak Pinebreaker1 votesI've only played him maybe 20 times since the rework, so I'm not a pro by any means, but I've had the most success doing this:
In lane, place a barrel directly in your caster minion wave, let it tick down. If the enemy laner comes to pop it they are 1) risking CS loss and 2) will be Qed and Autoed by the GP - a successful trade. Once it hits 2 health place 2 more barrels in rapid succession chaining to the laner. Pop the original one.
You can also put one in an unwarded brush and use that as the barrel you pop in the chain. IMO the small animation for tossing a barrel is barely noticeable - most people won't realize you're setting up a chain.
They are hard to use, but incredibly fun IMO.
iConcy1 votesHow are they hard to use? You get to stack them, put them down with no time in between, and its not like parley has a long cd. Then shoot, and boom buhbye any squishy.
