Why does Gangplank show up when filtering by "Support" in the Client?

Hethalean·Apr 29, 2016·25 votes·1,723 views

Out of all the people who can work as low income. I believe GP might be the worst. :P ANyone know? Was this a pre rework thing and they never updated him?

28 Comments

Dominick DestineApr 29, 201621 votes

Prior to Gangplank's rework, he was a pretty legit support pick.

Hullabaloo907Apr 29, 20163 votes

Iceborn/wits passive abusing was so much fun. I miss GP support

TotalJerkApr 30, 20161 votes

That was many, many seasons before his rework. That's a relic from when there basically wasn't a meta.

Painted CeltApr 29, 201612 votes

Something like: Gangplank item 2303 item 1306 item 3025 item 3065 item 3742 item 3075 Is actually a legitimately strong support. Iceborne Q pokes and slows the enemy, Cure Scurvy lets you body block Thresh hooks and be K, and his ultimate lets you babysit your ADC while still having global presence. Make sure to bring Grasp of the Undying to improve your poke + sustain since Parrley counts as a melee autoattack. Also Bandit grants the full gold value for Q poking, so he has more income than other supports.

Hullabaloo907Apr 29, 20164 votes

It's not very good anymore, because a lot of gangplanks power comes from getting his special coin things. To get the most you need to waveclear a bunch

HemulusApr 29, 20163 votes

Still more viable than some stuff considered borderline meta, like support Nunu .

It Hertz When IPApr 30, 20162 votes

True story, Nunu is/was actually supposed to be a viable support: point-n-click slow, allied AS buff.

OksanaandjoyApr 30, 20161 votes

I'm playing a bunch of Nunu support at the moment. It's not too bad. Tanky with good damage on his E and lots of lane sustain. Pair him with MF and his E is brutal.

ChaddyFantomeApr 29, 20162 votes

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Something like: Is actually a legitimately strong support. Iceborne Q pokes and slows the enemy, Cure Scurvy lets you body block Thresh hooks and be K, and his ultimate lets you babysit your ADC while still having global presence. Make sure to bring Grasp of the Undying to improve your poke + sustain since Parrley counts as a melee autoattack. Also Bandit grants the full gold value for Q poking, so he has more income than other supports.

I thought i was the only one who did this. I did ti back when OLD GP was still a thing tho so Raise Morale was pretty nifty as a bonus.

After the rework tho, it just feels kinda sub-par because you cant get the necessary Upgrades for your ulti.

Hullabaloo907Apr 30, 20161 votes

I did it with a wits instead of a spirit visage, and of course the eye wasn't an option back then

DrackolusApr 30, 20161 votes

Huh, I was looking for more silly support picks. Might try this out when I get home tonight.

arcinexApr 30, 20161 votes

Holy shit this is genius

QuephaApr 29, 20168 votes

Because tags have absolutely nothing to do with what lane a champion belongs in.
Old GP had an AoE buff for team mates that gave them movespeed and another stat I can no longer remember.

HethaleanApr 29, 20161 votes

I understand this bit. However, it reflects what Riot THOUGHT for what they'd be good.
I remember that now. Thnx

QuephaApr 30, 20163 votes

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I understand this bit. However, it reflects what Riot THOUGHT for what they'd be good.

No, it didn't, the "support" champion tag has ALWAYS meant "this champion has abilities that benefit his team," not "we think this champion works well in a duo lane"

HethaleanApr 30, 20161 votes

Like Heimerdinger also being a support? I've always found the role assignments confusing. haha

QuephaApr 30, 20162 votes

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Like Heimerdinger also being a support?

Yes, Heimerdinger is obviously a garbage duo laner but his passive gives free hp regen to anyone standing near him.

HethaleanApr 30, 20161 votes

Makes sense.

Voluug13Apr 30, 20161 votes

Also an AoE stun and body blocking with turrets.

Mysticman89Apr 29, 20164 votes

Previous gangplank had raise morale which was a pretty-supporty thing.

Nowadays I guess he's still got poke and his barrels slow, but not exactly a meta pick.

Nanuk PihoqahiakApr 29, 20163 votes

I'd imagine it's because his ult is crazy amounts of utility + his ability to poke.

Sire HippingtonApr 29, 20163 votes

It was pre rework, back when he had an aoe speed+ad buff, and his ult had full power without grinding silver serpents, so he actually was playable as support/jungler/suportive toplaner. his old passive slow also helped peeling/chaseing, and the base damage made him more scarry in longer fights without much damage items. Now it's go crit or go home with tons of farming...

Only Play DariusApr 30, 20163 votes

Because he used to be a secondary support. He had an AOE AD/MS steroid on his E which was actually pretty strong before the nerfs. His old ult also had the rapid fire from the start so it was essentially a permaslow.

Mecha MaIphiteApr 30, 20162 votes

Well he brings a lot of peel to his ADC.

:^)

The DeckownerApr 29, 20161 votes

Probably because pre-rework tank gp support kinda works He has q for poke/cs and his attackspeed/movement speed buff was similar to ww and nunu w.

TheHurricaneGamrApr 29, 20161 votes

Prior to Gp's rework, his secondary was actually support. It shows up in his wiki history.

CLG FactorApr 30, 20161 votes

Jatt did it

Valhalla RisingApr 30, 20161 votes

GP supp is actually secret op right now. item 3303 + bandit mastery gives 18 gold per Q, even if u only q once every 10 sec, thats 180g per minute, if u can manage this for 5 min, thats 900, if u can stay in lane longer, thats up to 2k gold just from spelltheif and bandit, not to mention the passive gold gen from both item and mastery. it's tehcnically possible to leech twice this amount if you can sustain your mana and are able to Q on CD.