Tweaking Rumble to make him a little more... Rumble-y.
Honestly, Rumbles scalings could be modified a little bit to make him more useful. If we shifted him more towards AP/Bruiser such as
, I think it could make him viable in more/any locations on the map.
Such as giving him %HP scaling on his Shield, and either his Flamespitter or Harpoon. Keep his ult with the AP scaling until further testing.
In the meantime, his Harpoon shots could be modified as well. As they currently stand, spearing a champion will slow them, but I think we could give a little more flair to this ability.
If you hit two separate champions or any monsters/minions, the slows are applied as normal. If you hit the same champion twice, have Rumble reel in his opponent into range of Flamespitter. The pull could work like
or
, depending on which one fits best with his kit and doesn't make him OP.
With the Harpoon changes, along making tank-items synergize with his kit, I think the Rumble in the Jungle skin could be more than just a meme, it'd be possible to take him as a Support with his new CC (and the ability to poke/harass, of course), and he might be able to stand a chance against other heavy-hitting champions in the top lane.
-NOTE-
As for a re-work, there's also the possibilty of making his HP mount-based, and treating his Mech similar to Skaarl, through allowing Rumble to collect scrap to re-build it when destroyed and re-mount like
. Due to the fact that he's canonically an Inventor like
, but "likes to tinker" and was often seen "running through the junkyard", I think that sort of interaction would fit him well, but that's a larger-scale change that would need to be addressed in a bigger update.
**TL;DR:
Q - Flamespitter (Scales off AP -> Scales off either %HP of Rumble, or of his enemies.)
W - Scrap Shield (Scales off AP -> Scales off Rumble's %HP Max)
E - Electro Harpoon (Scales off AP[UNCHANGED]) NEW: Second hook drags victim towards Rumble, into Flamespitter range.
R - The Equalizer (Scales off AP[UNCHANGED])
DISCLAIMER - THESE ARE STATLESS CHANGES THAT WOULD REQUIRE TESTING TO FIND APPROPRIATE NUMBERS. PROPER STAT DISTRIBUTION WILL REQUIRE BALANCE TESTING.**