Talk:Gangplank/@comment-8921599-20150709081816/@comment-26331429-20150710074630

It deals magic damage and scales with AP because it's a way to balance these things. Look at Shen, for example. It's a way to make it deal a fair amount of damage to different targets. Those who aren't carries or assassins tends to have a lot of Armor and MR is harder to stack.