the Saltwater Scourge
Champion analysis written by TEAMGAP editors.
Gangplank's barrel chain explosion delivers late-game one-shot burst damage, and his R global ultimate provides cross-map team support. Silver farming creates superior gold income for faster build completion, and his flexible scaling makes him a powerful carry. His very high mechanical difficulty, weak early laning, and barrel destruction eliminating damage make him challenging to pilot.
As unpredictable as he is brutal, the dethroned reaver king Gangplank is feared far and wide. Once, he ruled the port city of Bilgewater, and while his reign is over, there are those who believe this has only made him more dangerous. Gangplank would see Bilgewater bathed in blood once more before letting someone else take it—and now with pistol, cutlass, and barrels of gunpowder, he is determined to reclaim what he has lost.
Every few seconds, Gangplank's melee strike will set his opponent on fire.
Shoots target, plundering Gold for each enemy unit killed.
Eats citrus to cure crowd control effects and restore Health.
Gangplank uncovers a powder keg at target location. If he attacks it, it explodes, spreading the attack's damage to enemies in the area, slowing them.
Gangplank signals his ship to bombard an area, slowing and damaging enemies.
