@ Riot: Concerning Rumble

Oswald Mandus·Dec 22, 2015·6 votes·956 views

Hello,

what are your thoughts about Rumble? He was a strong pick in Season 5, but since all of his core items got both nerfed and (!) became more expensive due to preseason changes, he feels kinda underpowered to me at the moment. His current winrate is at 44 % and he got very unpopular regarding his pickrate the last months.

You could spend him some more utility and damage, or at least introduce a strong new item which suits him.

I would really like to get some high-level staff response from Riot :))

Merry Christmas to all of you, guys!

8 Comments

DREADN0UGHTDec 22, 20154 votes

Agreed

SkiasDec 22, 20154 votes

Hes gotten very weak lately. Masteries dont favor him. He needs to go so deep in offensive trees for his damage to do anything, he ends up extremely squishy. You go deep in defense and hes harmless. In addition to that, stronger adcs rip him apart before he does anything useful.

Hes always had a pretty bad wave clear and last hit due to his animations and flakey flamespitter last hit.

Another issue he still has is the removal of impact damage on his ult. The slow on his ult doesnt keep enemies in it for more than a tick or two, provided they don't dash out.

Oswald MandusDec 22, 20151 votes

Yes. Last season he was a viable pick, but now nobody want to play him. But in which particular way could Riot change his kit to make him strong again?

SkiasDec 23, 20152 votes

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Yes. Last season he was a viable pick, but now nobody want to play him. But in which particular way could Riot change his kit to make him strong again?

He needs a niche. Give him back his full damage on minions and make him a pusher/bruiser. He has his ultimate for long range threat, so make him a siege threat. Currently, hes not a good bully, pusher or tank. Hes no good as an AP carry. He needs to stop straddling both sides of the line and get pushed to one side or the other.

I would say give him back his wave clear and make flame spitter more reliable for last hitting. That alone will smooth his growth curve and allow him to push back and also get gold when hes getting hammered. His auto attack animation is pretty bad, but you dont need to change it if his flamethrower wasnt so god awful at last hitting.

Other than that, he could maybe use a slight speed increase on his shield. Nothing more, or he would be very strong.

Schulze117Dec 22, 20153 votes

dis is so tru, man! I was da best rumble eva last season 'nd now I'm so bad wid him man...

LitoJDec 25, 20152 votes

I always thought Riot should focus more on Rumble's basic abilities rather than making him over-reliable on his ultimate. I've mained Rumble since S2 and the fact that all you need is an ult to win, isn't always satisfying. I'd like to be able to use his passives more to really outplay a team for a come back. Make his dangerzone and Overheat give Rumble more options in fights or even in helping teams via utility.