Rumble feeling even more underwhelming as a Rumble main.

LEEROY KLEDKINS··1 votes·1,095 views

With some of his counters now have better defense abilities and stats and the reduction of AP item it really sucks as a rumble main to see him feel more like he is tickling tanks and fighters more than doing actual damage even if you have penetration and a zhonya.

I dont think the champion needs a rework his kit is good enough even with weak cc (he can only do slow CC for those who don't know how rumble plays).

Just upgrade is ap scaling for the mid game and improve the defense on his W

at tier 3 of his Q and onward maybe upgrade the default damage by 10 extra ap points and increase the over 50% heat ap scaling by 2% more.

And increase each tier of his barrier default stat by an extra 30.

His E and R are just fine I dont think it needs to be tweaked or nerfed again its pretty easy to get out of the ultimate and alot of people who play rumble i see can't land it very well at all.

I've had some match ups for the past few months where I've played the main champion Rumble that is the no.1 reason that got me into league in the first place (come on, furries with mechs or guns is a big yes to me especially with an Anime skin like Super Galaxy Rumble). As Rumble against Nasus, Most Darius, few yasuos (remember there is alot of bad ones), Irelia I feel like his power against champions like these has taken a nose dive into Feather Tickling territory even in team fights when i have anti magic resist against tanks on junglers or supports i feel that rumble is underpowered in this meta.

I have been fortunate enough to be against some rumble players while i was using Teemo, Kled and Nasus. It feels like their rumble isn't being a threat to me I'm always outsustaining/outplaying him all the time.

I'm just putting this out there that rumble feels like a joke now compared to his previous seasons and this is coming from someone who is very good at playing unpopular or low tier champions.

I don't think a buff will make this champion popular unless a popular streamer does some awesome plays or a weird pick with that champion like something silly like "Support Rumble" (don't do that please I've tried and it didn't end well for my adc XD)

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Tormentula1 votes

Personally I feel he's fine.

The only struggle I ever have as rumble in this meta is Poppy which is usually 100% pick vs. him. However thats poppy being busted as hell issue and not a rumble one.

Anything else he bullies pretty well and because bot lane is such a clown fiesta he's usually less punished by jungler pressure while he's abusing his lane opponent, additionally a TP ult adds to the clown fiesta.

LEEROY KLEDKINS1 votes

Hate to break it to you as a hardcore rumble main but no i dont think he is fine in the top lane.

In the jungle its a different story since most enemies will less likely buy magic resist.

In the past when i get fed with Rumble my damage even in late game did fall off naturally in the previous seasons but in this one with ap items getting toned down I've noticed I'm not really pulling my weight in team fights even when im fed.

I feel like Rumble is kinda dragging his butt.

I knew someone or more people will disagree on me but take it from a rumble main he does feel a bit on the underpowered side.

and i hate to tell you that most top laners will easily counter build try hard and in the EUW in all elos (since the season is still fresh) junglers i feel have been having more success in ganking the top lane. I've seen people taking their time to get out of my rumble ult traps in the bushes or near towers then they make a round the tower to get me or my ally jungler will do the same to get the enemy rumble (remember I've had matches for the past few weeks that I've been using rumble and others where i've beena gainst some rumble players.)

I'm gonna recap one game where i was teemo, this enemy rumble did outplay me in the first kill he got me and 10 seconds later my jungler went over to top then gave another kill to rumble.

When he did return i could still kite and out damage him and he went for a rylais and normally when a rumble just hits you with the old rylais if your not a tank or not buying magic resist it can hurt you hard but when he went ham on me I didn't feel the same amount of damage he normaly does then he started losing to me as the match went on.

If you main rumble, I want you to do a few games of him right now or when you get the time if you have school or work.

If you've been paying attention to the past that you may notice a hit in his damage and with tanks being favoured this meta he can feel a bit of a fly more than a badass of the top lane.

Sadly I've stopped playing rumble unless its for jungle because remember "most enemies wont do counter builds to a jungler".

With this current meta for me the best roles are top lane fighters/tanks/a few mid laners are very impactful and all supports.

I dont think alot of mages and adcs are worth contesting as a supp main i've noticed more adcs i've had have been struggling more on the bot lane even the diamond players (and no its not because of ziggs bot beause its not popular in EUW though i do main him to)

Don't get me wrong there is succession but in some meta picks the difficulty has gone up a bit. But its not the end of the world.

As for me on top I'm gonna have to put rumble away into the jungle, for top I'm gonna have to stick to my other mains, Kled, Twitch, Quinn, Teemo, Fiora, Gnar, Volibear, Pantheon, Singed, Karthus, MEOWkai, Jax, Taric... yes i have wierd picks but they do work XD.

As for your rumble vs poppy: I've never had problems with her unless she is building magic resist and like i said even going mag pen and with ap items getting a bit frowned on recently does make me feel underwhelming with this champion.

You should also remember that most top laners take a Relic Shield and if they go magic resist they will get a spirit visage if they are going full tank which will benefit good healing in lane so they can farm alot easier then punish you later I've done this myself against him and it does make rumble feel like he is tickleing me more than trying to hurt me and if your playing as self healing champion like darius, volibear, maokai, dr mundo or garen your not going to have a problem at all on top lane even if the enemy jungler camps you will get more exp and your jungler can get dragon so you're already going to be doing good.

Sorry this is TLDR but this is pretty important (I guess) to talk about, I don't like unpopular characters in any games get the shaft it can make people want to limit their future choices and it begs the question as to why popular characters dont get the shaft for once dispite its fanbase.

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