This has always bugged me about Mundo

Bârd··201 votes·5,692 views

Sadism is when someone enjoys inflicting pain. Masochism is when someone enjoys receiving pain.

So on Mundo, why does Masochism make him better at killing things, while sadism increases the numbers of hits he can take? Shouldn't those names be flipped?

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xl Kirito lx152 votes

Big words hurt Mundo's head. Mundo harms who he pleases.

Prospector Pete10 votes

Reminds me of Klungo.

Yosuke Apperu6 votes

+1 for Banjo Kazooie reference!

I Main Swain2 votes

YESSSSSS!!! those games were a major part of my childhood. N64 in general.

48983507DEL12 votes

I will never question the names of these two abilities again.

Or how throwing a clever somehow causes him pain.

Reaper Review50 votes

Actually, the name of his passive should really be the name of his ultimate. That being Adrenaline Rush.

His ult is literally a burst of speed and stamina.

Verxint3 votes

His passive should be Machoism, his E should be Sadism, and his ult should be Adrenaline Rush.

MUNDO NOT GOOD WITH WORDS

Slamurai Jack19 votes

I'm pretty sure I saw a red post once that said that his E was supposed to be Sadism and his R was supposed to be Masochism but they were put into the game with the names switched by accident and just never changed.

YumaS2Astral18 votes

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I'm pretty sure I saw a red post once that said that his E was supposed to be Sadism and his R was supposed to be Masochism but they were put into the game with the names switched by accident and just never changed.

It isn't easy to just change them then? How difficult it is?

BlunterMonk7 votes

This late in the game, it would be counterproductive to change them now. For clarity I guess but it could possibly be really confusing for experienced Mundo players.

Such as, "Oh you're new to Mundo? Make sure you spam Masochism" "But I don't get it till level 6" "$@#!"

KaisadiIIa29 votes

Do people ever call an ability by its name instead of by the key they are bound to?

I think that player would simply say "Make sure you spam your E".

tplegs07081 votes

you CAN hypothetically swap ur keys to make ur q key autocast ur e spell

KaisadiIIa1 votes

Of course, but I think I've never met anyone who has changed abilities' bindings (outside of binding some abilities to their cool gaming-mouse extra keys).

Nsqui1 votes

I play with unlocked camera, moving it with the arrow keys. My Q is bound to a button on the side of my mouse, my W is Numpad 0, my E is Numpad 1, and my R is Numpad 2. Heal on Delete, Flash on End.

Couldn't stand the original bindings. (Never used them, actually, because when I first started playing I clicked on my abilities, so I could move the camera at the same time. Couldn't stop using the arrow keys, so I couldn't use QWER).

Yosuke Apperu3 votes

Remember "Spray and pray"? or "Expunge"? :P

Yosuke Apperu1 votes

+1 for family guy reference! Anyone who disagrees gets the cat launcher! https://media.giphy.com/media/Dvle3DdIB46XK/giphy.gif

Brawnstud1 votes

It's the same way with Swain They've never bothered to change the name of his root from Nevermove after it was spelled that way as a joke in testing.

Auz the Ripper1 votes

I think that was intentional, or at least it's intentional now

Silents4294 votes

That was intentional though.

Jari2 votes

http://i.imgur.com/plocQm7.jpg

edit: For some reason it's cutting the sides. Just click the image.

Pæan9 votes

He cuts himself, thus elating himself to the point where can deal more damage. Or damaging himself causes adrenaline-esque response and increases his physical strength. Idk man Mundo is an interesting man

CubedJustice1 votes

It does cost health to use.

Anidan2 votes

My brother has never referred to that skin as anything other than "Gimp Mundo"

Only Play Darius3 votes

The mere possibility of getting that skin in a mystery gift is half the reason I took the time to contact Riot support and have DrMundo removed from my account.

Kitten of Evil2 votes

That was a wise decision. I got Executioner Mundo and Elderwood Bard as my mystery skins.

The Loveless5 votes

Mundo isms where he pleases.

Kitsuki054 votes

DrMundo slurping noises

Kitten of Evil3 votes

Mundo only pawn in game of life.

Malicious Fury2 votes

The one thing that bothers me about Mundo:

Mr. Mundoverse doesn't throw dumbells. He throws his standard hatchet. Plz Rito.

http://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/img/champion/splash/DrMundo_2.jpg

71389310_DEL1 votes

That and the fact Corporate Mundo's Burning Agony fails to replace the fire with office supplies. Seeing the flames on Corporate Mundo irks me. http://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/img/champion/splash/DrMundo_3.jpg

Kitten of Evil3 votes

It should at least be pink slips or something.

SouL1ess1 votes

Designers knew about it and intentionally switched the ability names.

MyTeamIsAwsome1 votes

If mundo is a masochist and loose a little bit of health... soraka might be the problem and is the leader of this organisation.

Danyoja1 votes

The way I think of it is that you use Masochism on Masochists and you Sadism on Sadists. Basically use the move on whether the opponent is an S or M. Still doesn't make much sense now that I think about it.

General Esdeath 1 votes

Mundo suffers from both of these I believe. He enjoys hurting other (including himself) for science and enjoys feeling it.

l Helios l1 votes

Mundo probably not care about the difference. He just enjoy pain!

On a serious not, yeah you are right. Maybe someone on the creative team will take notice. Mundo as a whole is a definite sadomasochist (yes that is a word, probably misspelled too), so maybe someone just mixed up the terms and they forgot to change it back. Things happen sometimes.

Chromatic Eagle1 votes

Mundo is a hipster.

Solis Deus1 votes

Contemplating whether to leave the upvotes at 69...

Ironclad Dragon1 votes

His Sadism keeps him around to inflict more pain. His Masochism hits harder the less health he has.

Zair Umbras1 votes

See, he cuts himself to gain a boost of damage because it hurts so good and he gets super excited when some one else gets hurt, so he gains super speed so he can cause them pain too.

Jason the other1 votes

tru

Only Play Darius1 votes

Because he needs a gameplay and visual rework on the level of what Sion got. He's just an extremely old champion who's supposed to be some genius scientist serial killer, but thematically he's just too goofy to be taken seriously and gameplay wise he comes off as an idiot who waddles around and spams a single button while being impossible to kill.

ihaveapotion1 votes

mundo can be whatever he wants

LordForrest1 votes

Eh, for Sadism, couldn't you make the argument that by activating it he is inflicting pain as his enemies struggle to kill him? And for Masochism, just go with he cut himself and got pumped so he now does more damage until the roid damage nerves stop sending pain signals.

Gorgannan1 votes

Masochism costs health, makes him happy. Fights better.

Sadism heals him a lot as he charges into teamfights and pulls and Olaf diving the carry.

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