Gangplank is the storm of the seas, the king of robbers known for his cruelty. A warrior who takes on the role of a damage dealer on the team, deals a lot of damage in an area and easily clears the map. It will be difficult for beginners to play for him, so we have compiled a detailed guide. Let's talk about his skills, advantages and disadvantages, make assemblies of runes and items. And also we will choose the best tactics for him in the match.
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Hero Skills
The character deals both physical and magical damage, relying mainly on their skills. He has very developed damage and support indicators, and the rest of the parties are noticeably weak. Let's consider each of his skills separately, select the best pumping sequence and make powerful combinations.
Passive Skill - Trial by Fire
Gangplank's basic attacks set the target on fire, dealing an additional 50-250 true damage over 2,5 seconds and increasing Gangplank's movement speed by 15-30% for 2 seconds (based on level). Attack damage increases along with increased critical strike chance.
Destroying the Powder Keg (third skill) refreshes the cooldown and gives the character the same buffs.
The first skill is Arrargument
The champion fires a bullet that deals 10-130 increased physical damage. If he kills the target, he gains an additional 3-7 gold and 4-8 silver snakes (depending on the ability level).
Gangplank can spend Silver Serpents in the shop to upgrade Cannon Barrage (Ultimate).
Skill XNUMX - Scurvy Jam
Gangplank consumes large amounts of citrus, removing all debuffs and restoring 45-145 health + 13% of his missing health.
The amount of health restored also increases as the character's ability power increases.
Third skill - Powder keg
Gangplank sets up a powder keg that can be attacked by both the character and enemy champions for 25 seconds. When the enemy destroys the keg, it is rendered harmless. When Gangplank destroys it, it explodes, slowing enemies by 30-60% for 2 seconds and dealing attack damage, ignoring 40% armor. Champions take an additional 75-195 physical damage.
The keg's health decreases every 2-0,5 seconds. Keg Explosion also explodes other kegs with overlapping explosion zones, but does not damage the same target more than once. Barrel explosions triggered by Gangplank's first skill will give extra gold for killed targets.
Ultimate - Cannon Barrage
The hero commands his ship to launch 12 waves of cannonballs at any point on the map within 8 seconds. Each wave slows by 30% for 0,5 seconds and deals 40-100 increased magic damage that scales with Gangplank's ability power and ultimate level.
The ability can be upgraded in the shop with silver snake coins that the character earns from the first skill.
Sequence of leveling skills
It is best to develop Gangplank the first skill from the beginning of the game, then the second and third. The ult is pumped with reaching levels 6, 11 and 16 and always improves first. Below is a detailed table of skill leveling.
Basic Ability Combinations
Gangplank has both easy combinations and very difficult ones. Below are the best combinations of skills that maximize the potential of a warrior in battle.
- Third Skill -> Third Skill -> First Skill -> Flash -> Third Skill. The most difficult combination, before applying which you will have to practice several times. Place two barrels in a row in front of your opponents and activate the furthest one. At the same time, it is necessary to press Jump and make a dash to the second barrel. Along with the dash animation, install the last third barrel so that it has time to activate from the explosion of the previous ones. With this combo, you can maximize Gangplank's AOE damage.
- Ultimate -> Third Skill -> Auto Attack -> Auto Attack -> First Skill -> Auto Attack -> Auto Attack. This combo is already much easier than the previous one. Activate a powerful cannon volley and during this time place a powder keg near the enemies so that it explodes under the influence of the ult. Alternate basic attacks with the first skill to deal as much damage as possible.
Pros and cons of the hero
Now let's turn to the strengths and weaknesses of Gangplank, which must be considered before assembling runes and items, as well as during the match.
Pros of playing as Gangplank:
- Very good in the late game, doing well in the early and mid-match.
- Easily clears a line of minions.
- Gaining farm quickly.
- There is a built-in cleansing and healing.
- A powerful ultimate that can be used anywhere to participate in battles in an adjacent lane without leaving your own.
- High area damage, slow effects.
Cons of playing as Gangplank:
- Very difficult to master, not suitable for beginners.
- Thin, so he will have to stock up on additional protection.
- No escape skills, completely immobile.
- At first, it will be difficult to master the mechanics of barrels from the third skill.
Suitable runes
Especially for Gangplank, we have prepared an actual assembly of runes inspiration и domination, which will help him in battle and smooth out some of his shortcomings.
Primal Rune - Inspiration:
- Strike ahead - if you land two hits at once from your hand, you will activate the advance effect and get additional gold. While advance is active, you deal more damage.
- Magic Shoes - by the 12th minute, free boots are issued that increase the speed of movement. Their acquisition time is reduced on kill or assist.
- Delivery of cookies - the hero is given special items in the form of cookies, which can then be used or sold to increase mana.
- cosmic knowledge - Reduced the cooldown of the summoner spell and item effects.
Secondary Rune - Domination:
- The taste of blood gives the hero lifesteal from dealing damage to an enemy character.
- Treasure hunter - for a kill or an assist, you gain charges, thanks to which additional gold is given.
- +9 to adaptive damage.
- +9 to adaptive damage.
- +6 Armor.
Required Spells
Jump is the base spell for all champions in the game. Grants an additional charge that can be used in complex combinations, chasing enemies or retreating.- Teleport - the character teleports to the allied tower, and then briefly increases his movement speed. By the middle of the match, the path opens not only to towers, but also to allied totems or minions.
- Exhaustion - can be used instead teleport, if you play against strong heroes. The marked enemy will have their movement speed reduced and their damage dealt reduced.
Best Build
We offer you the following current version of the Gangplank build for playing on the top lane. Screenshots have been added to each item, where you can see the icons of items and their cost in the game.
Starting Items
To begin with, items are bought for attack power and health recovery. So you can farm faster and less often return to the base to replenish HP.
- Long sword.
- Refillable potion.
- Hidden totem.
Early items
Then purchase an item with which the basic attack will increase after each use of the skill. As well as a hammer that increases strength and reduces ability cooldowns.
- Shine.
- Warhammer Caulfield.
Main subjects
At the heart of Gangplank is equipment aimed at increasing attack power, critical strike chance, reducing skill cooldowns and increasing movement speed.
- Essence stealer.
- Ionian boots of enlightenment.
- Navori's swift blades.
Complete assembly
At the end, his assembly is replenished with items for attack power, skill acceleration and armor penetration.
- Essence stealer.
- Ionian boots of enlightenment.
- Navori's swift blades.
- Hunter's claw.
- Debt collector.
- Bow to Lord Dominic.
Worst and best enemies
The character shows himself very strong against such heroes as Renekton, Q'Sante and Yene. They cannot counter his abilities, as evidenced by the high win rate. But there are also champions that Gangplank will find difficult to play against. He has a low win rate against the following heroes:
- Cale - A powerful warrior with high damage and support. It heals well, can reduce your movement speed or grant immortality to an ally. Be careful and always consider his abilities, because even with a low level of health, Cale can greatly change the outcome of the battle.
- Kled - mobile warrior with good attack and survivability. It will confuse you, constantly use jerks and may try to drag you under the tower with a rope, where it will easily kill you. Be extremely careful with him in the lane and learn to avoid his abilities.
- Ramble - Another warrior with high damage, good survivability and control. Cuts magical armor, creates shields. Can fool you around your finger and easily get out of the battle alive, thanks to its protection.
As for the allies, it is best to play in a duet with Rek'Sayem - a forester-warrior, who has all the indicators perfectly developed, if you combine your skills correctly, you will get strong synergy. Gangplank also works great with a tank. Rammus and a warrior Dr. Mundoif they also occupy the forest.
How to play Gangplank
Beginning of the game. Early in the lane, start by setting up barrels to slow enemies down and deal more damage while conserving mana. Gangplank is easier to play because he can attack from a distance and not get close to the enemy warrior. In the future, this can become a problem, because Gangplank pays for the attack range with his low survivability.
It is too soft for a warrior who usually fights on the front lines. At first, you should play carefully and not go too far in the lane, especially if the enemy has too much control.
Farm is very important to him, so take all the minions. But do not forget about the area around, help your allies in the forest, you can send your ult to the other side of the map. Try to push the first tower as quickly as possible to leave the lane for team fights more often.
Gangplank pairs well with teams that have tanks. They can either complement his damage or give him the ability to hit multiple targets at the same time. Try not to play him on teams that don't have controllers or tanks, it will only make the game more difficult.
Average game. All you have to worry about is generating as much gold as possible. Finish off minions with the first skill to get bonus gold and silver snakes. You also need to be somewhat greedy and aggressive. Steal some mobs in the forest to get ahead of the farm.
Your goal is to get to level 13 and buy a few items before grouping up for fights with your team. Then your barrels will be enough for support.
At level 13, Barrels refresh very quickly, and with this, your teamfight potential becomes much higher. You don't have to wait that long to hit a good combo. Gangplank also has a very good strength gain after almost every item collected. Therefore, just farm until you feel that the character is outperforming other players in terms of damage.
late game. Team up with allies with a full build. Do not play on the front line, be smarter and more agile. Coordinate your teammates correctly to maximize your potential. You can play from the back of your team or bypass enemies from behind. But in this case, always be on the alert, do not let your opponents cut off your retreat.
Be careful with powder kegs in places where the terrain changes from woods/lanes to rivers. The map works a little strange, in some places the barrels will not explode from each other, even if it seems that they should.
Gangplank is very strong in the late game, so don't worry and play aggressively to get kills and win faster. Watch out for players with strong control or high mobility.
Gangplank is an unusual warrior who shows good numbers in the late game, but it requires a lot of training and farming. It's hard for beginners to get used to it. If you have any questions about the game for a thunderstorm of the seas, you can ask them in the comments. We hope our guide helped you, and good luck!
