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To everyone complaining about GP's barrels...

AranciaMechanics·9/9/2015, 11:21:53 AM·6 votes·5,966 views
  • Ranged champions defuses them like nothing
  • Melee champs with aa resets (I.E. Nasus, Garen) fuck barrels badly during laning phase due to the fact they can swiftly defuse a barrel with 2 HP (for dumb people: aa -> swift aa reset skill -> barrel defused)
  • Don't be an asshole and keep an eye in the bushes for hidden barrels
  • The CD of GP's E is quite long (18 sec at rank 1), which raises to dramatically long if you take into account that his 2-barrels-combo needs 36 seconds and his 3-barrels-combo takes 54 seconds to be ready again.
  • Gp won't max E in lane, so the barrels recharge time won't vary much.
  • Keep an eye on GP level and barrels used since in early game he cannot store more than 2/3 barrels at time and it's easier to defuse them
  • Learn the the timing to defuse a barrel in the early game. Without autoattacks, it takes 4 seconds for a barrel to be detonable. In 4 seconds you can even cook a steak.
  • If you and your team ignore GP's barrels at the borders of a teamfight or start a teamfight in an already set powderhouse, you're gonna regret it. And you deserved that.

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

The nerfs on pbe are TOTALLY BULLSHIT, GP will lose an astonishing amount of damage FORMERLY during his midgame powerspike AND lategame by overnerfing an ability which is easily counterable if you are not totally dumb.

The barrels minigame is pretty balanced ONLY IF you know how to play it. If Riot wants to balance things around the fact that people are lazy and don't want to learn how to outplay or counter a champion, well this is not the game I started to play long time ago.

EDIT: What you seems to don't understand is that if you make mistakes in the so-called "barrel minigame", you have to be punished (eat the damage). If you succeed you shall be rewarded (bonus gold, time-window due to barrels CD, negation of zone control).

By downvoting this, what you are asking for is "If I lose the minigame, I shall receive punishment, but just a little". So much little it won't count anymore. But you still want the same reward.

Gangplank barrels have introduced a new extremely interesting mechanic in League of Legends, so does the new Fiora's passive based on positioning and the juggernaut reworks. Obiviously, there's risk and there's reward in the barrel game. If as in teamfights as in lane you want to ignore the minigame and thus the barrels, it's your fault.

37 Comments

Tranquilis9/9/2015, 4:02:24 PM4 votes

Gonna throw this out there, if a GP knows what he's doing, being ranged won't help much.

Fun fact for those who don't know, if GP detonates a barrel in a string the other barrels blow up regardless of their remaining health.

If GP has practiced he will 9 times out of 10 time his Q better than your AA to hit his barrel.

And yes, early game GP's barrels are fine, their cooldown is so long that he can't reliably farm with them and harass has very long periods inbetween, but they get out of control fast once he gets past level 9. The cooldown starts becoming so low that, along with his Q, and the bonus MS from his passive, GP can harass, fight, and push all with virtually no downtime.

Given that they are nerfing the damage of his barrels rather than the barrel recharge rate, I still say GP will be op after this.

disregardable9/9/2015, 11:23:06 AM3 votes

no one is complaining about GP's barrels except the riot balance team

CppL9/9/2015, 11:27:08 AM2 votes

I saw a single gp barrel chunking like 80% of my adc hp...Like wtf is this?!!?

luckmallory9/9/2015, 3:33:26 PM2 votes

I am getting kind of sick of being in lane with 200 armor and getting shit on by his barrels because I am a melee champ. The armor shred is what needs to be taken away not the damage. IDC about the damage i should be able to negate it if i build enough armor but I seem to take 600 damage from a barrel regardless of what i build

Sniper 09/10/2015, 4:53:27 PM1 votes

The problem is the armor pen attached to the barrels. It's a bit overbearing.

McBam2/24/2016, 8:45:39 PM1 votes

I think Gangplank 'losing' the 'minigame' is not enough of a loss to justify the gain of 'winning'. I.e. 10g and a small window of opportunity if he's spamming them constantly. I think that barrels should have a much higher cooldown but the cooldown is reduced (to current) IF he last hits a barrel. I mean, Ideally I'd like it to blow up and damage him, but that's never going to happen.

Mob Serpent6/9/2016, 10:35:44 PM1 votes

Wonder what you guys think of gp now. Hes legit able to yolo level 2.

WarlockLaw9/9/2015, 3:40:39 PM1 votes

Those barrels are only easy for half of all ranged champs to defuse. I've played against gp mid twice and both times my autos were too slow to defuse a barrel consistently having never played either match up before. Also because the barrels are easy to defuse early does not justify the fact that he can take out half of anyone but a pure tanks health with one late game.

It doesn't matter who it is on, 200 base damage that ignores 50% armor and scales extremely well is pretty strong as ranged harass

shadecrapper9/9/2015, 4:40:05 PM1 votes

Yeah, but if they land though you literally one shot the ADC

Gigahappytown9/9/2015, 7:03:55 PM1 votes

see heres where your wrong barells are a skill game a good gangplank will absoutely not let his barells be defused unless he is bullied away from them and if your being bullied away from kegs learn how to place them gangplank right now has no losing matchups only hard ones he MAY have some losing matchups after the upcoming gutting but riot is not that stupid they will probably buff his armor pen back or buff something else straight up gutting gp would be stupid

and bad lategame LMFAO DO YOU EVEN PLAY GANGPLANK? HES A MELEE CARRY BUILD TRINITY IE PHATNOM DANCER AND YOU 1 SHOT TEAMS theres no way for teams to defuse barells during teamfights its inhuman especially when they are doing with 4 other players AND gangplanks ult