Has anyone every tried build Liandry's Torment on Dr. Mundo?

Arcane Azmadi·2/15/2018, 2:20:30 AM·1 votes·2,745 views

Waitwaitwait, just hear me out, OK? Yeah, it may seem insane or Wood V-ish to build a dedicated mage item on a dedicated supertank like Mundo, and it probably is, but just think about it: Mundo has only one ratio in his entire kit (aside from the HP ratio on Masochism), and that's the 10% AP per tick ratio on Burning Agony, so the 80 AP he gets from Liandry's is 16 damage per second- maybe not much, but not completely wasted. Both Burning Agony and Infected Cleaver do MAGIC damage, so the +15 magic penetration from Eyes of Pain can potentially add quite a lot of extra damage to his spells, particularly in poke wars. It gives 300 HP, which is always good on Mundo. And perhaps most importantly, the burn effect stacks on the damage of Infected Cleaver (which also slows), meaning at rank 5 a cleaver hit will do 25% of the target's current HP (less MR) followed by an additional 10% of what they have left (4% per second for the 2 seconds of the Cleaver's slow, then 2% for the 3rd second). Every 4 seconds (minus CDR).

I'm not saying it's the best idea. Hell, I'm not even saying it's viable; even if the item DOES synergise with Mundo, taking it compromises the entire point of his kit (never ever dying). I'm just wondering whether anyone else ever thought of it? And you know, the extra damage might just be what Mundo needs to tip the balance when he gets into a wet noodle fight against another supertanky champion. Just a thought that had been preying on my mind for a while.

7 Comments

Infernape2/15/2018, 2:32:50 AM2 votes

I used to have a page with nothing but magic pen runes. I used to go Liandry's and Sorc Shoes into full tank. Your Q melted squishies, but my god your early game was shite.

Mysticman892/15/2018, 2:23:59 AM1 votes

There was a time when 5 sorc boots+liandries was a... functional build on mundo.

Viable is maybe pushing it, but I was successful with it sometimes in aram when magic damage was a thing we needed more than a damage sponge.

Can no longer stack tier 2 boots which is a shame.

Azadethe2/15/2018, 2:24:24 AM1 votes

It's actually common. The only reason it fell slightly out of favor was because of item 3116 nerfs.

AlienPrimate2/15/2018, 2:31:27 AM1 votes

I get it when I'm really fed.

TreeDayBan2/15/2018, 2:31:56 AM1 votes

Awhile back when I was goofing off when I mained toplane on this acct I actually went Sorc Boots/Liandry Mundo. It destroys squishies. But you are also pretty squishy. I think I would always go Sunfire first, sorc boots, liandry. It worked most of the time. But I'm low elo, so.

Duttiest Stick2/24/2020, 11:44:08 PM1 votes

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