Talk:Gangplank/@comment-25855686-20170409093711/@comment-26227836-20170409094948

GP is a strong champion. There's no denying that. Even if you bully him in lane, he'll eventually rack up kills & assists via Ult, much like Karthus.

But... everything he does pushes the wave. His Q on you will draw minion aggro which means his minions beat over your minions. His Barrel Combos weaken your waves. If you coordinate with your jgler, you should be able to pull ahead of GP through ganks.

Perhaps play GP in practice tool and get used to barrel timings. If you get rid of your opponent's barrels, most of your troubles are gone, and you get 10g per. GP's barrels don't become uninterceptable until he hits lv 13.

If the Barrels are your biggest problem and you aren't able to get close to them to last hit them, stand away from your minion wave and force him to choose to use his barrels on the wave OR for harrassing you. If he wants both, he'll have to use all 3 of his barrels, effectively buying you 18 seconds of barrel free laning.