Enemy team locks in Rumble

I agree. He is a strong champion, but he isn't toxic.

Then you haven't played vs a good rumble. His range, cc, and damage is just to the point where he is oppressive to tons of top laners. Most of the champions who can get to him can't outdamage him, and most of the champions who can outdamage him can't get to him.

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But Fire beats Steel.

Or is everything I learned from Pokemon a lie?!

Does Cho'gath even have troubles farming against anyone?

That's one of the few champions that I would call freelo.

Oh god, everything's on fire! Mundo! *ganks* You know, I'm surprised this place hasn't burned to ash yet. *confused*

Timing farming with Rumble is a bit difficult, because his Q is damage over time (and half as effective against non-champions), and his attack animation is a bit wonky with low AS. Meanwhile, his flamethrower gives him a lot of control over the lane, and it only gets worse with the harpoons and shield. He's guaranteed to make farming difficult for melee champions.

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He's not only a lane-harasser but also a good duelist, teamfighter, tankbuster, he's basically everything. Such a stupid champion, good thing most players just feel retarded playing him because of his VU so his pick rate will probably stay low.

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Why wouldnt you just take Darius and trash him into next week all game long??

Problem there is equalizer will still be infinitely more useful than darius could ever hope to be come mid game.

Actually, against Nasus, Rumble can rush Mpen. Usually Liandry.

Rumble is rather deceptive on his damage. One minute he's harassing you with a bit of damage, the next he's doing tons of damage for some reason. You'd be surprised at how much harass Rumble can give Nasus to deny farm by lowering his health bar. He can slow to buy time as much as wither is a pain in the butt, shield to negate early damage (because Q isn't that great without stacks), and continue firing away.

Manaless mages beat Nasus. They not only harass from a distance with no counterplay (except just losing tons of CS), they can do it continuously, faster than he can lifesteal. This is of course true only until around level 11.