Talk:Gangplank/@comment-26331429-20151018201340/@comment-10136989-20151020122336

Me and FurinKazan have quite a lot of posts on this page from before any of the changes went through, we both played GP a lot with some fairly different builds. The one we agree'd on most was the first item triforce, which gave his mid-game a huge powerspike. This was the point GP became a relevant person into the team and after that his build depends on team compositions. FH was a crazy good pickup into ad centric comps, getting you to 40% cdr with lucidity boots, Spirit visage was good into AP opponents for healing 500hp with W at lvl 13+.

Statik shyv was a good item if I was ahead because of ults, teleport plays and good farming. I invariably hit 6 items before 35 minutes. That being said it's impossible to deny he is a much better champion now, 100% pick/ban at worlds, monster in soloqueue etc.

The best part of this kit is the engaging way of chaining barrels, and the counterplay behind being able to deny them from him, but like FurinKazan says, good players are good with the barrels and wreck people, bad players misuse them, and lose out on both damage, lane presence and gold. And it's not a small difference. If you look at the charts on any statistics site like lolking, GP maintains a 43-45% win rate in bronze and 51-53% in Diamond+. There are many champs like that, I just never thought gp would be one, and to further the original point made, I kinda find him boring now. I played hundreds of games on GP in S3/4, I've played about 20 on his current version, and although he brings in the results, he isn't as fun as he used to be, healing for crazy amounts or running around the map at 450+ ms, or launching ults every 50 seconds. Parrrley is the same as it used to be, but also not, because you shoot barrels more than players.

PS. good counter for him top is Shyvana, after he puts a barrel down you can Q it when it's on 2 charges, not giving him a chance to shoot it at all, then outduel him with your superior stats/damage, or push him under tower to deny a bunch of gold.