About the Gangplank rework.

DemiMax·6/29/2015, 7:47:23 PM·8 votes·2,516 views

Gangplank So the GP rework is around the corner with the new Bilgewater event along with the new champ Tahm Kench and the MF rework. I think that the new Gangplank really needs to feel as the "fiercest pirate capitain of Bilgewater" the lore describes him as. Forget everything visually about the old GP and gives us something new with actual story, relations, and as the capitain he is, a reputation and experience. The old GP always felt like pirate wannabe, never taken seriously (and honestly no one would ever take that GP seriously) and was way stereotopical: "argh" and more "argh" and no actual dialoge, way too much accent in his voice leaves me with no clue of what he is actually saying. I think about a smart and wonded men due to his experience in the sea and of what he has seen throughout is life. There are some things that you can't forget about Gangplank: - He is a pirate not a hero, in my point of view Gangplank is someone who will go through the easiest way to get what he wants - Do not make his dialoge full of "argh" or "yarr"s (he can have some but not too many), you can keep the accent maybe just tone it down a bit cause it is just anoying to hear all the time. - Make him a serious pirate, not the uninteresting character he was. He honestly looked like a kid who wanted to piss everyone off with his stupid accent and desire to be pirate. He felt like someone that would turn tail if he faced with an actual threat. Make him look and feel like someone who would actualy give orders to other pirates and intimidate other capitains, a pirate that holds a rank in Bilgewater. Those are my ideas, what would you like to see in the new Gangplank rework and/or Miss Fortune rework?

16 Comments

Sharjo6/29/2015, 8:18:09 PM9 votes

I think the aim they'll be going for with GP's update is not to make him a super serious and gritty pirate, but actually make him more than just a pirate sterotype. What I mean is that we all associate GP with being a jolly pirate and eating oranges right? His lore makes him out to be ruthless and cruel. He can be both. I forsee a pirate who is jovial, loves a wise crack, but will also non-chalantly blow out someone's brains. The kind of pirate who knows the game he's playing well enough to joke around, and at the same time be terrifying to those who hear anything about him. Kinda like when you see a really bad guy joke and chat about a guy he's gonna kill while he's got his arm around the dude's shoulder, all while said soon to be dead guy is quaking in his boots.

I feel like that's the kind of thing they'll go for with the mighty Gangplank, but I dunno. This is just my musings.

Zarxis6/30/2015, 4:19:46 AM3 votes

I'm not sure if I'd rather keep the stereotypical pirate I know and love or let Riot attempt giving him lore. Let me see if some of Riot's lore revisions inspire confidence... http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Rammus/Background http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Skarner/Background http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Trundle/Background http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Sivir/Background Etc.

Nevermind, I'd rather keep Patchy the Pirate.

Mimaropa6/30/2015, 7:53:34 AM2 votes

I agree with your gp version and also Nobody is expecting much for mf updates becuase she seems great right now character wise. She just needs more taunts and less slutty dialogues.

Shénzhì7/1/2015, 12:54:26 PM2 votes

I'll contribute. I like the idea of Gangplank on how as a job as a pirate intervenes with trade routes between locations. This suggests not just diplomatic relations between worlds but also economic relations. Valoran must be the same conquest his father tried to siphon from ..or maybe the cunning trickery of Gangplank would be to introduce global trade from which he exploits.

His Habits

  • CURRENT LORE: Gangplank stabbed his own father. This is distasteful and doesn't really immerse me into the idea that he's a bad person even though he's portrayed that way.
  • NEW LORE: Gangplank's privileged life learned through the piracy practices of his father is a life-quality and strife he tries to sustain and secure. This brings about an over-indulged and spoilt personality; a sense of deserving and right to access like a pirate may be. It was about time his father 'gave up the throne' (the ship Dead Pool)...

His Talents

  • CURRENT LORE: No elaboration on commerce.
  • NEW LORE: Gangplank succeeds his father. His father thought to aggressively snatch booty from anywhere. Gangplank had a very ingenious and ambitious idea instead: He devises a compliant way of exploiting trade by being the entrepreneur who has established mass-trade between domains in the first place. Without Gangplank, trade is just sparse independent merchants occupied by other Runeterra races.

This really captures a surreal idea of ruthless traders and marketers we may live with today. Gangplank conducts a progressive strategy to which Bilgewater Swain can clearly perceive admirably. As for LeBlanc (and Evelynn), his logistics is the biggest enabler of global espionage for The Black Rose.

His Personality

  • CURRENT LORE: "Even as a child, Gangplank was as mean as a snake and is said to have slept with his eyes open." This suggests psychological trauma from lifetime events probably from his father and Bilgewater culture. It also suggests innocence in Bilgewater is quickly exploited, and so to protect yourself is to be eternally vigilant.
  • NEW LORE: Elaborating on current lore this suggestion details more of the world of Bilgewater and who Gangplank has come to be. Growing up learning aggressive behaviour, and witnessing and experiencing a primitive world of moral decline brings about a tough and cunning mentality to peer above competitors without remorse. So in essence there is some neutrality about him with subliminal protests of innocence. Debonair Gangplank, if you like.

This enables understanding of Gangplank and his childhood. He becomes an original character and not a cartoon character. It attributes sympathy and forgiveness but if tested would discover profound corruption and serfdom.

His Voice

  • CURRENT LORE: "Yo ho, blow the man down. --" (the accent): Gangplank accent came from somewhere. Maybe this can be the accent that distinguishes Bilgewater residents, and so any other champions could be updated to follow-suit.
  • NEW LORE: Gangplank's vocals and accent are kept. Other champions from Bilgewater could be updated with similar accent. What makes Gangplank unique from other Bilgewater accents would be his subtle uses of Aarh! and Yarrgh!

Think of the different English accents of the United Kingdom.


(also ... remove Fizz from LoL kthx lelelele)

Thank you. Check my other Lore Revision Contributions #1.

sp4416/30/2015, 4:15:29 AM2 votes

Gangplank would be boring if he was a serious pirate, we already have enough serious characters as-is in League, and you don't need to be "RARGH KILL THEM ALL" to be intimidating.

He'd be a lot more interesting if he was still jolly and playful, but also have a darker edge to him, kinda like a pirate version of the joker (though not quite as insane or psychotic), a man who mocks danger for he never feels none, and will make a mockery out of you as he shoots you out of a cannon and into shark-infested waters. He'll party and laugh and joke, and then in the same breath without stopping will cap a motherfucker for making fun of his hat and keep on doing his jig without even taking a break.

Rueian7/1/2015, 11:54:48 PM1 votes

No more sword, He must use Anchor like in the ORIGINAL Chinese splash art http://leaguehq.org/p/sgallery/pics/yg6r57aklqo/gangplank.jpg

Jeddy0176/29/2015, 8:23:21 PM1 votes

Both Ironstylus & Riot Scruffy recently dropped some hints about GP's update. It seems they want to keep the good part about GP people love while actual giving him a character beyond just "Argh!I'm a pirate!"

Teslablade7/1/2015, 2:54:56 AM1 votes

They need to make him seem like a criminal, the insane control-freak who kills for fun, like Blackbeard.

Puri Puri Taric6/29/2015, 8:11:19 PM1 votes

yeye rito hetes teric so they rework gp a third time gg rito gg