I can’t believe I’m about to type this: Gangplank is DEAD!!! WHAT? Oh, but millions of Champions die every day, you say. This is true, however that isn’t quite true when you realize this death did NOT occur in-game, but during the story! Apparently lore is king in this game, and Riot is taking said lore quite seriously.
Champion death is unprecedented in League of Legends, and we do not take it lightly. We encourage all Gangplank fans to remain calm for a few days until we can fully assess the situation. At this time, we are not addressing refund requests for him or his skins but please know that over the next several days we’ll do our best to make things right for everyone.
I sure hope this is all some kind of sick joke! I mean, why spend so much time and effort revamping him earlier in the month, just to strike him down and seemingly remove him from the game a week or two later? This better be either a joke or some interesting new take on a bug fix, because if NOT, then I would feel super bad about anyone who spent time, resources and/or real money on him. But there IS hope! Kotaku points this out, amid all of this speculation:
I seriously doubt that Gangplank is actually gone for good. I mean, Riot literally just completed a total overhaul of the guy’s in-game appearance and his ability kit. There are enough things to work on in League of Legends that it’s hard to believe they’d go through all that trouble just to disappear it a few days later.
Could we see some sort of story based resurrection? Was this a glitch? Is it a fix? Will Gangplank change drastically AGAIN when/if he returns? All good questions. All unanswered. I’m gonna be following this story closely, so keep on the lookout. Read more about this developing story here.
