Should Gangplank have a Gapcloser?

Remgarr··1 votes·579 views

Hello everyone!

Recently I've been thinking a lot about gangplank, and about the things he faces that usually can spell the end for our fruit-eating pirate that is very abundant in the top lane; being over-poked or all-ined on with characters that have more damaging abilities to bear against him (which is almost all top laners)

I was curious what the community thought of this idea for a change for his Raise Morale; Rather then give a movement and damage speed boost for himself and those around him when he activates it, instead he dashes/charges to a target, and activates it upon arrival. Think Fiora's lunge with the rallying cry at the end. Remove the active buffs he would get from it in excange for the gap closing, and give the AD/MS buff to the area around him on his arrival at the target. That would balance it out a little more, so that rather then being a mini-sivir (cast and everyone charge in) ability, he could have more of a bruiser'ish reaction, getting into the thick of the frey and giving the power to those who were already in it or close behind him. His passive slow would allow him to stick better to the target he jumped in on, making the MS not needed as a secondary stat for a active any longer.

Raise Moral: Passive: Grants Gangplank a passive %/% MS/AD. Active: Gangplang charges to the targeted enemy with a rallying cry/point blank shot, inspiring allies around him for %/% MS/AD bonus and stunning the target for 0.25 seconds (enough time to get a first auto attack off)

I feel this would allow him to get in at least more equal trades with those who can just spam more damage onto him overall, giving him a chane to stack his passive and try to go toe to toe with his opponent as a true pirate should. And if it did make him feel too strong, I am sure some of his numbers could be adjusted to compensate.

What are your thoughts? Do you think a charge would benifit, or overall hinder Gangplank's growth?

5 Comments

DrCyanide2 votes

Honestly, just removing the cast time on Raise Moral would be enough.

RookPusher1 votes

A gap closer would most likely be game-breaking in other roles. For example, he's an incredible bully as support in the bot lane (his secondary role). This is largely due to his sustain and his poke. If you also gave him a gap closer, you'd likely make him tier 1 (assuming there's a god tier) support.

Remgarr1 votes

That is true, It would make him a very strong support... but it would also require a good amount of co-ordination, since the raise moral MS/AD buff would be outside of more AD partner's Max auto attack range... they'd have to be within their AA range to take advantage of the buff it would provide, which would help limit the potential there a fair bit. (I don't recall the range off the top of my head, but It could always be lowered to a range that is below most Ad's AA ranges, to make the buff something you'd either have to plan around or to be used as a reaction (Say your AD got dove and you use it to assist in peeling the target off, GP auto attack slow + the ally's MS buff.)

Akenero1 votes

He has an amazing gapcloser, his passive. Raise morale plus his passive make him very hard to run from, and his oranges block crowd control. Not to mention his ult's slow. Or item 3153 Oritem 1001 of all kinds Oritem 3022 ,item 3143 ,item 3078 , or item 3025 Those are all good items on him, and all apply movement modifiers to him or his opponent in one way or another.

Pæan1 votes

Yes, he can now throw his orange at enemies in a straight line, if he hits an enemy he can reactivate the orange and scream YARRRRR to propel himself forward doing a might beard punch that does percent missing hp damage :D

That or if his ult summoned his ship and he could either ride it or be launched from it to his target location, ex. Legend of Zelda wind wake :D

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