Talk:Gangplank/@comment-87.143.83.44-20120102123712/@comment-3477331-20120103225938

Actually Riot does a good job of balancing the champions, none of them is uncounterable, none of them is an assured win. The difference between the champions is rather small. Shaco is not super OP, he's just a super strong early ganker. yet his lategame is the worst of all viable junglers. Nasus and Sion are super strong lategame, in theory, but in reality they get kited like hell and their early/mid is often weak. Kassadin is strong against Casters mid because of his passive and silence. yet Gangplank counters him easily. Gangplank himself has a good early game, yet not the best. I think Riven, Yorick and Pantheon beat him, prolly Udyr and ryze too.

I wouldn't say gangplank is too strong. His utility is good, his 1v1 capabilities are strong early-mid but I think someone like nocturne will beat him lategame. And he lacks of AoE dmg. If you fight in a small area lategame I would prefer Udyr or Skarner over Gangplank by far. Or if you have a Vayne (or Trist) in the enemy team I would prefer having hard CC (for example a WW ult) to shut her down.