Champions similar to Gangplank?

Onwodori·5/5/2015, 1:19:13 AM·2 votes·1,932 views

Hey there, Master Fledgling here.

Still not much word on what my beloved pirate is in for, but I am preparing for the worst. In the event he comes out the other end like Sion, totally new (but not necessarily bad!) I will need a new champion to carry from support with. I have the other supports, Braum, Alistar, Zilean, blah blah blah, but I REALLY like Gangplank. He just works for me.

So right to it: Who is similar to Gangplank? No one else has his cleanse from oranges, but perhaps their is someone I am missing who can person a similar role?

Thanks and please donate to the 'protect our pirates' foundation,

-MF

5 Comments

MrBuffington5/5/2015, 2:04:48 AM2 votes

IIRC most of the Gangplank changes will focus around making his E more interesting; they've mentioned that crit-plank and oranges will still be a thing, again, IIRC

Anyways, Nunu could be a champion that appeals to you; he has targeted harass with the snowball, MS/AS buff with bloodboil, sustain through his consume, gets pretty dang tanky even without many items, and a large AoE/CC ultimate (though it's not global). Nunu can be a pretty decent support as well; definitely out of the meta (I take it you don't mind, playing GP support and all :P), but he won S2 Worlds on TPA.

EDIT: another potential champion is Pantheon; a bit different, but he also has targeted harass, as well as a semi-global ult if you can time it correctly, but mostly I suggest him because he is a menace in lane phase and can be more of a damage carry than Nunu (unless you're building Nunu with AP or something).

SporadicZero5/5/2015, 2:18:41 AM2 votes

Maybe Pantheon. He has a poking Q, some sort of damage mitigation and a global ult. Similar skill set and can be played in the same roles.

T RexHasLongLegs5/5/2015, 2:57:56 AM1 votes

He's not really similar, but have you tried Gragas support? He has a ton of utility and can kinda bully similar to how I figure GP works as support. Otherwise maybe shen support? He is the only other global ult I can think of that would really fit well as support, and his little throw blade skill (lol been a while since I played shen obviously) can let your ADC heal off autos on that target in trades, and your taunt an set up stupid strong ganks from your jungle, just one person is guaranteed to stick around and get hit with another round of CC from the jungle and a ton of damage from 3 people.

Not sure how viable shen is or if he has the same carry potential since he is more tank than GP in his build, but he is probably the most similar play with a dash for escapes and a global ult plus poke he's surprisingly similar to how I expect GP would work. Maybe I'm totally wrong though :D

Rinky Dinky5/5/2015, 3:51:10 AM1 votes

Sona if you want a similar poke/aoe aura buffer for the support role.