Talk:Gangplank/@comment-26932041-20150827041350/@comment-26001789-20150830220034

Delaying TriForce buy for an Avarice Blade is pretty bad unless you know for sure you won't be punished for it. Gangplank is all about hitting powerspikes and using his gold advantage to his favor and Avarice Blade proves no actual stats beyond Gold Generation. You already get a lot of Gold from using a Barrel + Pistol onto a Wave. The reason why Gangplank before did go Avarice is that usually you won't have enough time to clear out an entire wave and you would have to make every single minion worth it's gold to Last Hit. Power Keg solves this problem so going Avarice early is bad unless you know what are you doing.

Bloodthirster can be a good choice if you plan to frontline but usually you can get a whole lot of health and resistances and it will do just fine. If you have to put another BF Sword Item that isn't another IE, putting an Essence Reaver is a whole lot better than Bloodthirster because you can easily get 40% CDR with Masteries, Ionians, Youmuu and this item. Tiamat is a nice item but I would get it later after the core of items(TriForce, IE, Youmuu, Ionians/Another boots).

Yes you can. GP has waveclear and his only job on a team is to output damage, a perfect fit for what BotLane Carries are supposed to do: Deal damage and clear waves. You also don't suffer from siege issues because GP deals true damage to turrets and has demandable sheen procs from Kegs. His siege is actually one of the best of all Melee champions and one of the best of the entire game, only surpassed by Tristana and Azir.