Talk:Gangplank/@comment-26459891-20151122012237/@comment-6117593-20151201200855

Personally I've found myself going the obvious Tri -> ER -> IE, but grabbing boots of Swiftness. I've found the extra movespeed to be super useful, especailly now that I can buy Alacrity on them too. With Tri, I end up having 444 constant movespeed, which makes me really hard to catch. For the other items, I almost always picked up Sterak's now if they have burst. The extra triforce proc damage is nice for when you get unlucky and don't crit, and the extra base AD is still factored into crits anyhow. I then usually get a Death's Dance for the healing and the damage reduction, which together with Sterak's means I can usually surive enemy burst and get away from people due to barrel slow + movespeed.

Other options I've found that work well are Youmuu's, (The Armor Pen is still really nice. Great if you have reliable front line and just want to instantly delete people) Maw (It now gives armor pen too, while also being a great defensive option) Lord Dominik's (If they have a Rammus, Malphite, Taric, or someone just stacking armor) and, while I've never built it, I've considered PD as an option, since the movespeed boost can let you close the gap on someone, hit them, and them zoom away with passive speed boost. Never tried it, but always considered it.

The biggest thing I've found is in starting items. If I can get away with a farm lane, I now start Doran's Ring. This sounds stupid, I know, but hear me out. Doran's Ring is cost efficient even without it's AP now. You buy it for the mana regen + mana on unit kill. With it, you can actually sustain mana in lane much easier. Hell, if you're getting constantly harrassed, buy two, and you can usually spam oranges on CD.

But that's just how I've ended up playing him. Found decent success so far.