Gangplank update previewed

Shíny·Jul 7, 2015·15 votes·12,894 views

http://news.cdn.leagueoflegends.com/public/images/pages/2015/gpu/img/GP_Splash_WP.jpg

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/page/champion-update/gangplank-sails-pbe

As unpredictable as he is brutal, the self-appointed pirate king known as Gangplank rules Bilgewater through a mix of fear, violence and cunning. Where he sails, death and ruin follow, and such is his infamy and reputation that the merest sight of his black sails on the horizon causes panic among even the hardiest crew.

Larger-than-life corsair kings tend to accumulate tall tales the way a warship picks up barnacles, but the tenuous balance of power in Bilgewater hinges on everyone believing the stories told about him.

38 Comments

SharjoJul 7, 201512 votes

Bloody hell he looks fearsome. A man worthy of the title of "Saltwater Scourge".

Also his blade looks enchanted. That fire's just there, not a hint of oil or anything.

EDIT: He's the scourge of twelve seas. TWELVE.

A Superb VillainJul 7, 20155 votes

Gangplank : "Cutlery? Not on my ship!" /proceeds to peel orange with cutlass/

RiotBioluminescenceJul 7, 201519 votes

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: "Cutlery? Not on my ship!" /proceeds to peel orange with cutlass/

Please note, Gangplank is a trained professional on a closed course and we do not recommend players attempt to peel an orange* (no matter how juicy and full of vitamin C) with a red-hot cutlass.

*Nor any other citrus type fruits.

Piltover CustomsJul 7, 20153 votes

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Please note, Gangplank is a trained professional on a closed course and we do not recommend players attempt to peel an orange* (no matter how juicy and full of vitamin C) with a red-hot cutlass.

*Nor any other citrus type fruits.

I just use my teeth in the real world. Who needs cutlerly when a simply bite will do all the work for you?

SharjoJul 7, 20152 votes

I'm like that with apples. I'm like "FUCK YOU SKIN" and just rip chunks out of them.

Piltover CustomsJul 7, 20152 votes

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I'm like that with apples. I'm like "FUCK YOU SKIN" and just rip chunks out of them.

I find a bite to be best with oranges vs knifing (though I could be doing the whole peeling thing wrong). I find that I can get the orange shell + the white skin with a bite where-as with a knife i either cut into the meat or have to scrape the white skin off after peeling.

RiotBioluminescenceJul 7, 20157 votes

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I find a bite to be best with oranges vs knifing (though I could be doing the whole peeling thing wrong). I find that I can get the orange shell + the white skin with a bite where-as with a knife i either cut into the meat or have to scrape the white skin off after peeling.

Doesn't the teeny tiny squirts of orange oil get into your eyes and sting with the fury of a thousand suns?! Tell me your secrets!

SharjoJul 7, 20155 votes

He/she wears sunglasses, like a true badarse.

RiotBioluminescenceJul 7, 20155 votes

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He/she wears sunglasses, like a true badarse.

Huh, and I thought those just protected from Leona's Sunlight ability. Multipurpose.

Puri Puri TaricJul 7, 20151 votes

for who is gp cutting this orange ? for taric ? because he is still chained to his shitty looks and trapped in uselessness.

DG AshabelJul 8, 20153 votes

Real pirates know how to catch orange oil with their mustache and deposit it back in the mouth.

RottedApplesJul 8, 20151 votes

rude

ULTRAF0RCEJul 7, 20151 votes

what about watermelons?

Valaran NaraJul 7, 201511 votes

Dude, I will say this. Imagine GP lining up all kind of barrels in Howling Abyss in the mid bushes, and his enemies decide to close in on him. "Yaaargh! ya'll never take ol' Plank live! proceeds to blow the kegs up, you up, the bloody bridge up, and himself up. Gangplank But then, he ate an orange and everything was K.

A Superb VillainJul 7, 20159 votes

[{quoted}](name=Valaran Nara,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=dXREY20m,comment-id=0003,timestamp=2015-07-07T18:54:09.746+0000) But then, he ate an orange and everything was K.

ToybJul 7, 20156 votes

Kinda sad about the new sailor GP. :(

New Sailor: http://news.cdn.leagueoflegends.com/public/images/pages/2015/gpu/img/GP_Lineup.jpg

Most OP splash art: http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101020135725/leagueoflegends/images/thumb/2/2c/Gangplank_SailorSkin.jpg/613x460x2-Gangplank_SailorSkin.png

In-Game Old Sailor, note the golden glock: http://riot-web-static.s3.amazonaws.com/images/news/December_2011/2011_12_23_skin_sale/SailorGangplank.jpg

The new Sailor GP has his sleeves rolled up, head shaved, immaculate beard, ready to work like all the other sailors - all completely wrong. GP shouldn't be swabbing the poopdeck - he should be creating it by shitting on his lane opponent.

One of the best splash arts in the game - this Shaggy lookin badass doesn't need his sleeves rolled up; he doesn't work. He eats oranges and gets money. He keeps his beard and hair as they were bestowed upon him by the good Lord. He's the goddamn pirate king, not some low level grunt. This looks NOTHING like him.

MistralJul 7, 20151 votes

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Kinda sad about the new sailor GP. :(

New Sailor: http://news.cdn.leagueoflegends.com/public/images/pages/2015/gpu/img/GP_Lineup.jpg

vs

Most OP splash art: http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101020135725/leagueoflegends/images/thumb/2/2c/Gangplank_SailorSkin.jpg/613x460x2-Gangplank_SailorSkin.png

In-Game Old Sailor, note the golden glock: http://riot-web-static.s3.amazonaws.com/images/news/December_2011/2011_12_23_skin_sale/SailorGangplank.jpg

The new Sailor GP has his sleeves rolled up, head shaved, immaculate beard, ready to work like all the other sailors - all completely wrong. GP shouldn't be swabbing the poopdeck - he should be creating it by shitting on his lane opponent.

One of the best splash arts in the game - this Shaggy lookin badass doesn't need his sleeves rolled up; he doesn't work. He eats oranges and gets money. He keeps his beard and hair as they were bestowed upon him by the good Lord. He's the goddamn pirate king, not some low level grunt. This looks NOTHING like him.

I loved his old sailor skin, I felt like Shaggy from scooby doo with my bell bottom pants and dashing unkempt beard. I will probably never wear this skin now.

A Superb VillainJul 7, 20154 votes

He went from http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/deathbattlefanon/images/7/78/Popeye.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140816125139 to http://i.imgur.com/aZpmjRm.jpg

Cenobite AzazielJul 7, 20151 votes

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Kinda sad about the new sailor GP. :(

New Sailor: http://news.cdn.leagueoflegends.com/public/images/pages/2015/gpu/img/GP_Lineup.jpg

vs

Most OP splash art: http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101020135725/leagueoflegends/images/thumb/2/2c/Gangplank_SailorSkin.jpg/613x460x2-Gangplank_SailorSkin.png

In-Game Old Sailor, note the golden glock: http://riot-web-static.s3.amazonaws.com/images/news/December_2011/2011_12_23_skin_sale/SailorGangplank.jpg

The new Sailor GP has his sleeves rolled up, head shaved, immaculate beard, ready to work like all the other sailors - all completely wrong. GP shouldn't be swabbing the poopdeck - he should be creating it by shitting on his lane opponent.

One of the best splash arts in the game - this Shaggy lookin badass doesn't need his sleeves rolled up; he doesn't work. He eats oranges and gets money. He keeps his beard and hair as they were bestowed upon him by the good Lord. He's the goddamn pirate king, not some low level grunt. This looks NOTHING like him.

GP now is the Heavy from Team Fortress with a sailor costume. Talk about keeping the original skin feeling @ironstylus.

sp441Jul 7, 20156 votes

And as I feared, they sucked the fun and jollyness out of Gangplank and made him super cereal.

Vistha KaiJul 7, 20154 votes

His bio is one sentence longer than the usual. It's a progress!

NorthernDruidJul 7, 20153 votes

Y'know. For a short non-bio, that little lore-replacement tidbit is rather well done and hints at a lot of semi-substantial things.

Almost-good job Riot!

As for the rework itself, I feel sad that Gangplank had to be turned into such a generic badass pirate king. I really liked that he wasn't the older, heavy, almost royal, Captain with a capital C. But the rough and ready and very energetic and still somewhat young man in his prime.

Old GP felt like he was such a prominent figure in Bilgewater, and a League Champion at that, because of his charisma, attitude, energy and raw skill.

My initial impression of this new version is an old cunning cougar who just so happens to be strong enough to throw any dissenters out the window.

In everything from how excessively broad his shoulders are, to how cartoony and clunky his gun is, to how he no longer has a basic and neat beard, but this massive thing covering his neck.

At least his VO seems like it feels the same, and his updated gameplay looks to be really cool.

Just a shame he wasn't made more unique.

Ebonmaw DragonJul 7, 20152 votes

... Another one?

i guess that he is the first one that receives a second visual update.

By the way, they changed the name of the Ship of GP or its just my idea?

from "the Dead Pool" to "Death’s Daughter"

SharjoJul 7, 20152 votes

It looks like, from where I'm looking, that this isn't actually a complete overhaul of everything. It looks like the VFX is all new, the VO likely will be to, the model is new but the animations are more added to and tweaked; that run looks exactly like his current one, and his other abilities (excluding the barrels) look updated, not redone from scratch.

Also Death's Daughter is just an upgrade name, not the name of his ship. Potentially it's the name of the extra cannon that comes with the upgrade.

BattleBalladeerJul 7, 20152 votes

This new splash reminds me of something you might see in One Piece. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSe8D2wfGKI

Edit: Wait... magical world... Oranges make everything K... IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW!

KrizalidJul 7, 20152 votes

I personally think that both GP and MF look absolutely freaking fantastic now! Their in-game models are super-beautiful!

Sneak DogJul 7, 20152 votes

The update looks like it makes GP into his father. He visually looks so much older and less... vivid?

PhoenixSlayer13Jul 7, 20151 votes

I am excited for keg explosion chaining.

Especially since I got the Plank as my mystery champ.

4nth0l0gyJul 7, 20151 votes

Gonna be honest, his splash looks way more intimidating than the in-game model.

That's okay though because I am ALL over that Minuteman skin now.

RalanthaJul 7, 20151 votes

Oh my gawd. I have eye candy.

CosmicWatersJul 7, 20151 votes

Riot why are we getting another batch 6 750 skins not a single skin in this "event" has new particles? What the hell is the point of the event? We just got SEVERAL batches of exclusively 750 skins now we have another whole batch... makes 27 since debonair ez/vi

GreenLoreJul 8, 20152 votes

Some people simply like cheaper skins,besides Captain Fortune costs 975

JaghataiJul 8, 20151 votes

I'm really annoyed that this rework didn't actually fix any of the issues surrounding gangplank. His Q is still wonky. Critplank is still a thing. His E is cool in theory, but critplank is still going to be the defining playstyle.

GreenLoreJul 8, 20153 votes

In what way is his Q wonky? and why is critplank so bad?

The main goal of this rework was probably to give him more visible power and to make his playstyle more interesting and unique.

DG AshabelJul 8, 20153 votes

"Ranged melee" has always been the unique part of Gankplank's gameplay identity. How in blazes is it an issue, given that it's an identity nobody else shares?

NegaDKRJul 8, 20151 votes

Will Gangplank be getting a Traditional Skin like Karma and Trundle got when they had their VU?

GreenLoreJul 8, 20151 votes

No and honestly there wouldn't be much of a point to it in terms of visuals.

I mean trundle and karma looked quite differently before their VUs,but GP? His traditional skin would mostly consist of a different but still red jacket,a shorter and darker beard and a slightly different hat.

A traditional skin needs to be quite different from the updated classic skin to be justified.