Talk:Gangplank/@comment-26291883-20160426232614/@comment-27249571-20160504165826

Okay, a lot of people are still saying GP needs nerfs, but I actually think it’s the crit mechanic/the items he builds instead. Let’s go over a typical GP build at level 18, because that’s where he does best. His base AD is 107. A full glass cannon GP build with boots goes Trinity Force, Infinity Edge, Statikk Shiv, Phantom Dancer, Boots, Youmuu’s Ghostblade. His normal crit is doing 774 damage considering scaling AD marks and dragon buff. Adding Trinity Force proc does 988 damage. That is the result of not GP being broken, but rather the items he abuses instead. His Q adds 120 damage going up to 1108 damage. Adding a barrel adds 180 damage and the barrel does 1288 damage and grants 40% armor pen. His passive on an autoattack normally does 1379 damage. Not to mention he’s melee and this build is entirely glass cannon with zero lifesteal. You could do this build on friggin Nidalee and have similar results. The only reason GP sees play is because of his W cleanse and heal, passive gold steroid, his ability to make his crits AoE (which by the way, is really hard to do vs high attack speed/competent opponents), and global pressure with ult.