Talk:Gangplank/@comment-4881935-20120818194226/@comment-2112140-20120820090928

Well even though Gangplank doesn't scale very well with AP there are some scalings.

I'd start with Boots and 3 health pots. I'd upgrade to Mercury Threads depending on their team if they have more crowd control I'd get these also I would get these if my laning enemy was a Rumble, Vladimir or Kennen. Though I would prefer Ninja Tabi as most solotops deal mostly physical damage.

I'd try to get a quick Philosopher's Stone and Heart of Gold then an early Aegis of the Legion unless your support is building that, then build a Frozen Heart/Banshee's Veil depending on the type of damage they deal.

As soon as I would get Aegis/Frozen Heart/BV I would rush for a Guardian Angel (if I got Aegis) or Rod of Ages (if you really need that AP and survivability and if you got a Frozen Heart)

Let's assume we now have Philosopher's Stone Mercury Threads HoG Frozen Heart and rod of Ages. We upgrade HoG into a Randuins and try to get Archangel's Staff. We sell Philosopher's stone when we are sure the money we gain from selling it gives us enough gold to buy Archangel's.

Mercury Threads Frozen Heart Rod of Ages Randuins Archangels Staff and now the needed stat is magic resist so you build either Banshee's Veil if you need even more ability power (via archangel's staff) and health + a spell shield. Force of Nature if you need better health regeneration and also a huge magic resist boost. Abyssal Scepter if you think that you will get enough magic resist from it and need some Ability Power or finally Wits End if you need some more magic resist and want to deal some bonus magic damage via attacks and Parrley! and also get bonus magic resist for attacking people in melee range. Also if you find you need more armor cause you built more magic resist get some of these items. Thornmail cause it grants a lot of armor and is useful against AD carries. Zhonya's if you need more ability power and also think you might use the stasis effect. Sunfire Cape if you are planning on running in and staying alive for a quite long time and being in melee range. Warmogs Armor doesn't grant armor but the huge chunk of health might come in useful and if you decide to buy it, get it after or before Randuin's Omen.

So your build should look something like this

Mercury Threads/Tabi Philosophers Stone (later sold to get Archangel Staff) HoG (later turned into Randuins Omen) Frozen Heart/Aegis/BV depending on their team, Warmogs (optional) Randuins Warmogs(optional) Guardian Angel/Rod of Ages, BV/FoN/Abyssal/Wits End OR Thornmail/Zhonya's/Sunfire Cape (only possible to get these items if you didn't get a Warmogs.)