Bring Back the Good Gangplank

Bear of Pain·3/8/2018, 10:42:46 AM·1 votes·304 views

Gangplank was a fun champ to play with good mobility and the ability to poke people into having an aneurysm. Then the rework came and he got these clunky barrels and terrible passive that just took all the wind out of his sail. He can no longer chase people or get away from people chasing him which makes it really hard to poke people. His old passive would help him keep up with his opponent, or keep then off him. His new passive can only help if he is already within range of his enemy and is extremely hard to get an opponent with since they can see when his passive is up. His new barrels were a cool idea, but they don't match up to Raise Morale. Sure they make farming easier, that is if your opponent doesn't just destroy your barrel since the Q animation is so slow. They can be a good way to keep a melee opponent away but anyone with range greater than the barrels explosion will just destroy it before you can use it. The only reason we need the barrels is so you can get enough Silver Serpents to upgrade his ult, which is only if your opponent doesn't do the smart thing and destroy your barrels before you can. I wish there was some way to get the Good Gangplank back, but i don't see Riot fixing this in the foreseeable future.

2 Comments

SEKAI3/8/2018, 10:53:02 AM1 votes

The new Gangplank is good, just because he no longer have MS boost doesn't mean he sucks. It's just preference.

The barrels are also extremely deadly, you just need some time figuring it out how to play with it.

Unlike old GP where he's played as an alternative version of Trynd, now you play him as a half caster half AA carry. Rush Tri-force first.

I mean, GP was reworked like what, 3 or 4 years ago? And the rework has been widely well received too.