@Riot, It looks like you killed Gangplank

HexaDecimel·Sep 8, 2015·3 votes·468 views

So this just popped up on PBE.

Gangplank Powder Keg (E) bonus physical damage to champions lowered to 40/50/60/70/80 from 80/110/140/170/200

Correct me if I am wrong but over a 50% decrease seems pretty high to me. I understand that he is strong right now. But wouldn't it make more sense to do smaller changes to see how they affect the champion rather then having this up and down nerf/buff cycle? It just seems that Riot go a little overboard with the degree in which they nerf and buff champions, causing some uneven swings in balance.

Again, I am not saying a nerf wasn't needed for gangplank. But he didn't seem like he was that far away from being somewhat balanced, and just from looking at it the change looks like a bit much.

5 Comments

luckmallorySep 8, 20153 votes

They are just testing it. They test a bunch of crazy stuff like this that never goes through.

HexaDecimelSep 8, 20152 votes

Based on what I have seen since I started paying attention to PBE, most of the changes end up going through. I was under the impression that PBE was more for bug testing.

Ni Meleth LiSep 8, 20152 votes

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Based on what I have seen since I started paying attention to PBE, most of the changes end up going through. I was under the impression that PBE was more for bug testing.

a lot of the initial numbers/changes dont go through.

luckmallorySep 8, 20152 votes

The numbers always change, i doubt it will stay like this for long.

Ni Meleth LiSep 8, 20152 votes

its pbe. numbers will probably change several times in the next few days.