Talk:Gangplank/@comment-88.131.117.162-20110628163841/@comment-50.103.51.148-20110712044930

The major deviation in GP builds is between Critplank (Avarice/Executioner's) and Sheen.

Sheen will enable a guaranteed proc on Parrley (duh), but ALSO procs on Raise Morale and (more importantly) Remove Scurvey. I cannot emphasize how brutal of a comeback you can make with Sheen off of the latter. People expect Gangplank to Cleanse through their CC, but they don't usually expect him to stab you for a lot of damage immediately after. Even after that, the gun will probably be on standby.

Critplank is best used against squishy characters where a random crit could very easily kill them unexpectedly. Besides, if you are a decent GP player and can actually last hit with Parrley regularly, a Bloodthirster easily competes with an Infinity Edge for freefarming and teamfights (even if you croak, it's easy to recharge quickly due to your ability to counterpush a creepwave from ANYWHERE ON THE MAP; especially in the middle of teamfights; I've had swings as high as 10 charges in teamfights; a quarter of the potential stacks!).

Sheen's early game ensures easy last hitting for Parrrley, which should quickly pay for itself. Critplank needs two early crit items (plus a full list of runes) to get similar consistency. However, if Criplank gets rolling...he steamrolls any squishy character until they can start stacking armor (hopefully your teammates aren't feeding by then).

The only other point worth mentioning: As mentioned before, Critplank is a glass cannon. Sheen is a one-stop-shop item that you can easily build off of; especially into Phage. It has the downside of not being as "swingy" vs enemy champs but the upside of enabling a wider range of error for last hitting.

The only other item that I regularly get after Trinity and Warmog's (or Aegis, if I'm doing my rare Teamplank) is Black Cleaver; combined with the new slow stacks and Parrley, creates one wicked Armor Break damage machine AND has the side benefit of popping Banshee Veils for free at your team's leisure.

Gangplank just has such a nasty arsenal of tricks at his disposal. He's at least a little OP with Parrrley's ability to apply his passive; even if they stripped that I'd still play him; Raise Morale's Passive and his Grog-Soaked Blade work together that make him a respectable chaser (unlike a certain other dedicated chaser who IS actually broken..*cough*)