Talk:Gangplank/@comment-3493296-20150716080847/@comment-26146288-20150716195935

Strictly speaking, with the latest PBE patches, his heal lost 10% of its AP scaling, but still has a lower cooldown and a 15% missing health scaling (net positive positive of ~ 150% AP scaling per minute of usage). The slightly nerfed ratio was more about addressing the lower cooldown than anything. His ult also had its ratio dropped by 5% to 10% per wave. Now, this is interesting because it's for a completely different reason-- the CD was increased. The old ult dealt 140% AP over 7 seconds. The new one now deals 120% AP over 8 second with a longer cooldown, which is decidedly a nerf-- until you factor in Death's Daughter which is a 30% AP scaling true damage (worth ~60% magic damage scaling if we consider the average defense to be 50% reduction) which bumps the total scaling up to ~180% average relative to the old ult. Now add Fire At Will to that-- another 60%(!) AP scaling over the 8 seconds, and we are now sitting at 180% base AP scaling in magic damage (over the old 140% already!) and an ADDITIONAL 30% true(!) damage scaling. Factor in the fact that lichbane/glaive still works on Q, and the damage even gets converted by barrels into AOE.. At this point you may look at the armor pen granted by barrels but consider this; the magic damage dealt by lichbane gets turned into physical damage when the barrel is exploding, thereby benefiting from the armor pen and granted AP GP considerable AOE hybridized damage.

All in all, AP GP is alive and well. The only real missed mechanic is the passive, however it will still grant you considerable movespeed and the occasional 200+ true damage spike.