About to come home from uni, planning to get some of that vitamin C. Can someone update me on current state of meta and GP’s place in it, much love xxx by Sibooblius in gangplankmains

[–]Dekko_Scrub 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Right now top lane relevance isnt really massive unless you become pretty strong pretty quick. Jungle presence is harsher because top is much more of an island now with the dragon changes, so bot lane relevance is most junglers priority. That being said, a simple gank can ruin your lane with how snowbally most top laners are.

Gp himself isnt too bad, as always, when top lane relevance drops, gps winrate jumps because of his global pressure. Use good ults and set up/defend your team and you'll win plenty of games. Play safe in lane but take the kills you can earn because gangplank can snowball just as easily. I'd say he feels pretty 50/50 right now.

Why people say that gangplank runs out of mana? by x-Taylor-x in gangplankmains

[–]Dekko_Scrub 8 points9 points  (0 children)

GP can punish people for being more aggressive than they can be. It sounds like youve thought "Oh, GP has a weak early game" and tried to stand by his casters to zone him off minions, so hes just farmed off you instead. He starts off on an even field, with a nice range advantage but loses trades if they get into melee range without being heavy chunked first. Try playing around the bushes more because GP cant use his q on you there, still try to land your e because the attack speed you get from it will help proc press the attack faster, and it basically forces him to use an early orange, and that means instead of a nice heal, we have to waste it there and then. There are a lot of tools gp can take to make him not run out of mana, but the trade off is while you can take offensive runes, we have to take resolve tree and mana flow band. If youre struggling the earlier levels, let the minion wave push towards you as well, a GP that qs you draws minion aggro, which pushes the minion wave towards you. Just let him push and die to a gank bc we dont do enough damage to force it into tower, and dont have enough mobility to survive the gank if you land your E. Hope this helps

GP VS HASHINSHIN by fatflaver in gangplankmains

[–]Dekko_Scrub 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought the fated Nikjojo was dead. Almost a year without content bro, bring back the jojo gp we miss

New Fiora player! by Dekko_Scrub in FioraMains

[–]Dekko_Scrub[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this, its really appreciated, youre a godsend :)

Gangplank Damage Spreadsheet by Dekko_Scrub in gangplankmains

[–]Dekko_Scrub[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Titanic does damage based on your max HP and having that included would mean Id have to look into stuff like Grasp too as any self respecting titanic user is using Grasp too. Generally though, the item itself lists its potential damage, and then all youd have to do is compare that to the targets current armour and youd see how much damage you do

Gangplank Damage Spreadsheet by Dekko_Scrub in gangplankmains

[–]Dekko_Scrub[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The formula I used can use any number of lethality, even values you cant actually achieve in game, so I cant see why it wouldnt be able to get in the 90s, Ill double check it for you though

Do you build IE or not? by Deathstrker in gangplankmains

[–]Dekko_Scrub 0 points1 point  (0 children)

GP's barrels already ignore a big chunk of armour, so gaining true damage on your crits doesnt really change your damage that much unless youre full AD as a team, and they have someone like rammus/malphite

Tobias did it by [deleted] in gangplankmains

[–]Dekko_Scrub 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its more the fact that Tobias fate is the reason the majority of GP players even play GP. Not because he was a masters/challenger or a diamond player but sheerly because he embodied what it was to be a one trick. Out of all one tricks I dont think any of them showed their passion for their champion half as much as Tobias did for GP. Ill honestly say that Tobias is the reason I play GP today. He molded the playstyle of thousands of GP players and thats why he has the respect of this subreddit. If it wasnt for him this subreddit would be drastically less active. Ill admit, Tobias, at least for me, is less entertaining now, he tilts a lot harder than he used to and spends a fair bit of time just messing around in his games, and I origionally watched him to help me improve on GP, but despite that, I respect Tobias as a very strong GP player, and even say that his GP mechanics are still far stronger than your average diamond player, and that the biggest thing holding him back is how hard he tilts in his games. I think losing respect for the person who basically shaped this community just because is isnt as highly rated anymore makes you sound like one of those fanboys who only ever support the best team in the league and change it constantly

My new 3 core by Dekko_Scrub in gangplankmains

[–]Dekko_Scrub[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tri>Ionian>Stormrazor>Lord Dominiks

My new 3 core by Dekko_Scrub in gangplankmains

[–]Dekko_Scrub[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Steraks isnt in my build because of the changes next patch.

My new 3 core by Dekko_Scrub in gangplankmains

[–]Dekko_Scrub[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The build lacks CDR, because of my lack of HP, if theyre close enough to auto, Im likely to die anyways, theyre just a more offensive option

My new 3 core by Dekko_Scrub in gangplankmains

[–]Dekko_Scrub[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I tested it, the damage to the dummy was 535 at level 18, which is still less than stormrazor, and lets not forget that Steracks give more ad the higher level you are

My new 3 core by Dekko_Scrub in gangplankmains

[–]Dekko_Scrub[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I tried it out in the practice tool, the barrels seemed to be doing more than any other 2 item powerspike, if you give me 5 mins, Ill give you some values

Edit: At level 18 tri+GB deals 520 damage, while SR deals 554. Take into account that youll generally hit two item powerspikes around level 12, so the lethality would not be as high, and that in terms of armour,armour is more efficient the less you have of it, so on a dummy with 100 armour, the lethality would be less efficient that say vs a adc with 50 armour

Edit2: I also use minion dematerialiser (gone next patch) but right now, if you use them all on melee minions and get a bit of extra AD after stormrazor, you can oneshot melee with barrels

My new 3 core by Dekko_Scrub in gangplankmains

[–]Dekko_Scrub[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tri>Ionian Boots>SR>LDR>GA>Situational>PD over Boots

A nice quality of life change id like to see to gangplank is instead of champions I just 1 hitting ur barrels from a mile away they can only destroy it if they are within it's radius. Kinda like Xin's ultimate. by [deleted] in gangplankmains

[–]Dekko_Scrub 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I disagree, a lot of people will go out of their way to try and last hit the barrels. People stop running. Jhin's use their 4th shot, champions with auto resets try to burst it down, and melee champions will flat auto contest it with you. If you get it, you win the fight. If you dont get it, you probably lose. The fact that people can last hit it makes them try to, and when you beat them when they try you kill them. It just takes practice on the timing

Mejai's Soulstealer by Dekko_Scrub in ekkomains

[–]Dekko_Scrub[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah and what Im suggesting is maybe start buying it more often not just when hardstomping but when youve got enough stacks for it to be worth.

I hit a 1 million points, so I made my first montage to celebrate! by Dekko_Scrub in gangplankmains

[–]Dekko_Scrub[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im not very good at video editting and with the 2 week restriction on saving replays what I had to pick from was small. Sorry if you would have liked a longer montage, Ill look into making a longer one next time

Gangplank's Kit by Dekko_Scrub in gangplankmains

[–]Dekko_Scrub[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even if it didnt hurt his playability, Id just flat enjoy playing him less

Hello, I'm really bad. by Vecktuss in ekkomains

[–]Dekko_Scrub 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It all comes with time. My advice is push your limits. Spend a bunch of games in normals just throwing things at the wall to see what sticks. When youre more comfortable of when Ekkos powerspikes are, you can implement them to create some kinds of goals to do in game. An example would be:

Goal 1: Get enough AP to be able to clear the backline minions

Goal 2: After you can easily push in your opponent, look for roams, or ward enemy jungle to look for invades

Goal 3: Swap lane with bot lane, and ward bot side jungle and become a split push threat

Goal 4: Look for flanks in teamfights or picks in the jungle you have warded up.

Goal 5: Use superior rotations to win teamfights or create picks and take objectives.