Gangplank

Arena changes

• I: Cooldown changed to 10 seconds.
• Q: New Effect: Now grants gold and Silver Serpents equal to 7% of damage dealt to champions.
• Q: New Effect: Gains 187.5 Silver Serpents per round.
• R: Cooldown changed to 130 to 90 3 seconds.²

Ability Power Ratio changed to 135% in patch 26.21 (was 90%)³

Cooldown changed to 100 / 80 / 60s in patch 26.21 (was 130 / 110 / 90s)³

• Before a round starts, Gangplank can use Remove Scurvy twice to gain 8 Decapitator stacks quickly.⁴

• Gangplank's Q and E do not critically strike with Jeweled Gauntlet; the augment only works on his R.⁵
• Gangplank's E can have no cooldown with Infernal Conduit.⁶

Earlier formats

• Back to Basics can make each barrel in a chain deal more damage than the previous one.⁷⁸⁹ 8x2 duos
• Against on-hit Reapers, Gangplank with Ethereal Weapon and a three-barrel combo can work decently.¹⁰ 8x2 duos
• With Clown College, From Beginning to End, vulnerability and Hatchet, vulnerability can work with Gangplank's passive.¹¹ 8x2 duos
• With Ethereal Weapon, Gangplank's abilities applied his passive.¹² 8x2 duos
• Ethereal Weapon and Dusk and Dawn allowed Gangplank's abilities to apply his passive; his R could keep applying it when barrels reset the passive while enemies remained in its area.¹³¹⁴ 8x2 duos
• Back to Basics' bonus damage amplification stacked with each barrel in a chain.⁷ 8x2 duos
• Each barrel in a chain could deal 30% more damage than the previous barrel with Back to Basics.⁸ 8x2 duos
• Executioner's basic ability resets could give Gangplank infinite barrels after one takedown.¹⁵¹⁶ 8x2 duos
• Executioner, Bread and Butter, and Mystic Punch could sometimes give Gangplank infinite barrels during gameplay.¹⁷ 8x2 duos
• With Multitool, Gangplank could sell the augment for gold and still select an item from it each round.¹⁸ 8x2 duos
• Gangplank's Silver Serpents shop could interact with Multitool so that items could be obtained and kept, including prismatic items.¹⁹ 8x2 duos
• Multitool shared its HUD with Gangplank's R upgrades, leaving only two item choices; selecting an item could leave the HUD open and allow an item to be locked in, while clicking the HUD again could prevent Multitool from appearing in the next round.²⁰ 8x2 duos
• Gangplank could receive a random item from Multitool after skipping a choice; accounts differed on whether that item remained or could be replaced in a later round.^2122232425 8x2 duos
• Fan the Hammer allowed Gangplank to apply his passive with each Q.²⁶ 8x2 duos