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Idea for GP Rework

OuttaControl56·3/27/2015, 1:58:27 AM·3 votes·969 views

Hey Riot and fellow board members:

Had an idea a few days back about GP and his rework. As a player who played GP (or as I lovingly call him, Planky.) to level 30, I love they guy. His lore, his attitude, his play style...

I know how you (yes you!) like Unique Ultimates, and while GP's is pretty awesome thematically, it's still underwhelming and Unimpressive as a "AOE slow and damage".

What to do? How do we keep the theme but improve the balance of such an R?

What to do... And that brought me to my idea!

Cannon Barrage:

Gangplank signals his Pirate ship, calling down a barrage of cannon balls the detonate over a 1000-800 length line with a click and drag targeting system, dealing X damage on hit. Gangplank can store 3-5 charges.

How cool does that sound? GP's R is now the meaning of pirate-y, as he watches his enemies flee from his coordinated barrages. These attacks are NOT DOT, so there is viable counter play (dodge-able) the rate at which the cannon-balls fall along the target area is also variable. Could be quick damage, or could be slow like King K Rool's falling cannonballs from DK Country (you know the one).

Think of the balancing, Morello!

The skill would be awesome to see, as it's not some silly global point click but a managed resource that could be stacked up for super awesome team-fight LCSBIGPLAYS or could be used to harass and push lane.

Thoughts? Agreements? Disagreements? Shoot them at me you landlubbers!

7 Comments

Sooko3/27/2015, 2:14:49 AM3 votes

Is the new ult a vector skillshot? (like Rumble/Viktor) If so, I think I like it.

Also, the cannons will need a different scaling if you are removing their slow (scaling with AD would be a cool trade)

I feel like his kit doesn't have a lot of interaction. The most skill you need to have is managing his insane mana problems and not getting baited with your oranges.

His E is not interactive at all, his passive deals pitiful non-scaling magic damage, all he has is his Q, team buffs, and CC immunity.

I love playing him, have a blast actually. I once even tried to change my summoner name to JollyRoger69, but became too lazy to save up money. But I think his kit has not really much to keep.

If we want to keep his current kit however, I have a few suggestions: Oranges now scale with HP, so GP can actually build like a Bruiser instead of having to choose between damageless or defenseless. Passive stacks up to 5 times instead of 3, and has an AP scaling (Now you benefit a little from Trinity Force) Ultimate could be changed your way E keeps its passive, but the active is changed to a skill shot from GP's blunderbuss. If the skillshot lands on an enemy champion, that champion takes minor damage (it shouldn't be very easy to dodge, so its damage isn't meant to be catastrophic), one stack of GP's passive, and allies that were nearby when he was shot get the bonus movement speed they would get from before. If the enemy hit was below 40% HP, allies also get a little AD.

ADDRESS FINDER3/27/2015, 2:01:43 AM2 votes

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Reformed Dunni3/27/2015, 2:18:45 AM2 votes

Hmm pretty cool idea do you think you can make a pic or get rumble's R cast range pic and mark it for reference to the ult? cause I dont quite understand the charges and how it will work

Darth Valer3/27/2015, 12:15:58 PM1 votes

Mmh, his ultimate right now is very iconic and unique (since most global ults in the game have lost their "global-ness") so it wouldn't be nice to completely lose it, but I admit your idea seems very interesting. It should either deal extremely high damage, though, or pack some nasty CC (perhaps a knock-aside effect).

The problem is I don't know if he should be balanced as a melee carry or a fighter/bruiser toplaner (thus having damage, durability and CC). As the former, he doesn't have extremely high damage output (except for his Q nuke) nor strong mobility. As the latter, he doesn't have any hard CC nor many threatening zoning tools, plus very weak damage without the crit itemization.

Yesterday Meddler said his rework is still on schedule and that it's revealing quite promising. I'm looking forward to see what they have in store, but I also accept that there are other champs more in need of help than him.