Talk:Gangplank/@comment-82.5.83.123-20120623233914/@comment-5162027-20120624015407

I'll be honest, I stopped paying attention after I saw AD carry.

The reason he's built Bruiser nowadays is because he's a melee- sure, he has the numbers to be played as a melee AD carry, but compared to Tryndamere or Master Yi, he doesn't have enough mobility/raw damage to be viable. Yi is only built AD carry because if, god forbid, he's a little fed, he snowballs so ridiculously hard that he can penta even good teams. Tryndamere has survivability in the form of his ult, and Spinning Slash allows him to disengage from fights as necessary.

Gangplank has neither of these things. He has high damage, but nowhere near Yi's ridiculousness, and he has a little survivability with Oranges, but nothing close to Tryndamere's. This means his damage is very, very risky- without abusing Parrrley, he has no range, which means melee for damage, which means he can blow up. Yi gets away with it because his damage is so enormous he only NEEDS a second or so to gib something before he dies, and Tryn can survive to deal his damage.

Bruiserplank is best Plank, sadly. Just accept it and move on. I miss Critplank, we all do, but he wouldn't want us to grieve for the good old days.