Talk:Gangplank/@comment-24198515-20141007125429/@comment-1853032-20141008210937

It's because during his time in the sunshine everyone built him with a core of warmogs/manamune/IE when it was cheap as piss and easy to get away with

Nowadays they remember the IE and always buy that - since his Q's full damage can proc a crit. At level 9 his base damage with Q is 201 - 402(crit) and 503(IE/crit) .. OR technically 702.5 since IE gives 80 AD now.

He is usually almost always defined by his damage since if built for it he becomes a hyper carry - but it's true, he's actually much more effective as a bruiser. Problem with the build is situational requirements. I'm too tired to list all of it but basically if there's too much CC he can't go damage or he'll get locked down and blown up - his W's only good for one spell and a small heal burst.