Essences: Dr. Mundo

Chembaron Yamada·5/9/2018, 4:22:50 AM·11 votes·8,173 views

Hello summoners,

I would like to talk about a VGU candidate, who is causing some problems on the rift right now. I know that Riot said they want to take a break from Zaun, since they already reworked Warwick and Urgot, but I think that Dr. Mundos problems (both gameplaywise and visually) become overbearing and they should take a look at him as soon as possible.

For this purpose, I want to collect thoughts of the community to give Riot fuel to work with. The big question is: What is Dr. Mundo in your eyes? What makes him iconic, what should stay? Which parts of him can we throw away?

Simply put: What would you expect from a Dr. Mundo VGU?

21 Comments

GreenLore5/9/2018, 8:08:19 AM9 votes

In terms of character and personality I'd want Mundo to pretty much stay the same.

His newest lore was probably the funniest lore of the whole game and I feel like Mundos kinda stupid personality is core to his character and sets him apart from other "serial killer" characters and I really hope that they don't go all "serious" with the direction of his character.

In terms of gameplay though I'm not sure what they should do with him,besides keeping him as a self regenerating tanky fighter,that hurts himself with his spells. I think that if his ult remains a self-buff,then he should actually grow in size and muscle mass to make it visually more interesting.

XIII Vanitas5/9/2018, 12:08:29 PM6 votes

He should stay a comic relief character. Mundo's appeal comes from the fact that he's child-like, goofy and clueless about everything, which allows us to momentarily forget that he's a fucking serial killer. His most recent biography and color story are fantastic and perfectly portray what Mundo is, so in my opinion Riot should just update his visual appearance and gameplay and expand his voice over.

Almighty Prismo5/9/2018, 1:33:58 PM5 votes

His cleaver definitely needs to stay. Serial killers need cleavers. His personality should also stay, as he fills the "muscle-bound idiot" trope well enough.

His visuals need a huge update, something to make him more than just purple Hulk. Maybe more emphasis on the syringes, showing that he's just constantly drugging himself up. And of course gotta get rid of those pizza feet.

For gameplay, I think his ult should be more intuitive rather than just regeneration/speed. Maybe it could be more like when Bane injects a bunch of venom, Mundo could roid himself up and do more than just regen health. Another idea would be to give him a period of weakness directly after his ult, like crashing after a huge drug overdose.

QMighty5/9/2018, 2:54:47 PM4 votes

I think his current personality and lore are basically perfect. I love everything about it, his simple nature, the way he talks, the fact that he just goes around killing people and thinks he's being a proper doctor. It's all great. Gameplay wise I don't think anything HAS to stay. Maybe keep his HP scaling and extreme regen in some way, MAYBE keep the clever, but he could be Sion'd and I wouldn't be too torn up about it.

Forhonor3215/10/2018, 2:46:35 PM2 votes

Mundo to me is a glutton for pain, a masochist as described by Evelynn. He doesn't feel it normally as normal humans do, to him it's something playful and makes him happy. And because he was constantly experimented on in Zaun that has only grown on him. In addition, because he was around doctors all the time it makes some sense that he feels like he's a doctor and he "helps" people with the methods used on him. He's almost a child that doesn't know any better. He can withstand the pain and that makes him happy, but to everyone else he just sees them break and terrified and doesn't really know why.

He overall needs to keep the theme of being a "doctor", especially keep the meat cleaver since it's so iconic to him. Appearance-wise he still could be kept purple but he definitely needs a new look, preferably more of a cartoon-ish style since that's how I've always felt about him, BUT he still needs to be threatening. I like to think of the Warhammer 40k orks for example if you've played the Dawn of War games (at least up until 2 where then they butchered the series at 3). Those orks were still threatening based on how they worked and their tactics but still had humor to them because of their personalities and dialogue. That's what I feel Mundo's character should feel like: somewhat comedic in character and even in design, but still a threat because he's killing people with a meat cleaver.

Lastly, because my keyboard is fucking breaking, he needs to keep a lot of his lines. They're iconic to him like "go where he pleases."

Quepha5/10/2018, 3:42:49 PM2 votes

Changing him back to a Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde character because it better fits the idea of Zaun-ian experimentation and is overall a better story than the new lore.

Sukishoo5/10/2018, 6:54:09 PM1 votes

Some kind of Juggernaut is what I still expect but needs to have some better weaknesses. I hate that he can get so low sometimes and just heal it all back as if nothing ever happened.

Wert the Wacky5/9/2018, 2:57:19 PM1 votes

I don’t care, as long as he keeps the line “Mundo have to say his own name a lot, or else he forget. That happen before.”

kasfas5/9/2018, 11:00:01 PM1 votes

He's a deranged sadist that throws giant meat cleavers at people. That's probably his identity boiled down to its core elements.

He must have in his kit something to do with cleavers, and some form of healing upon damaging people.

Almost all of his current kit can just go. His q is the only exception, and even then it should have some kind of rework done to it so that it has some kind of scaling outside of rank.

If we go off the lore, Dr.mundo definitely should focus around medical themed abilities, like a poison syringe injection and an amputation (Mundo rips off his arm and whacks you with it lol). Maybe his passive can work something like grey health where he regenerates a % of damage he takes over x seconds after y seconds.

Visually I expect a hulking monster in a labcoat with something like a stethoscope nearly strangling him because his neck is very muscular. He should still stay purple, and definitely needs to keep the slurping, but I also expect a lot more dialogue. Like whenever mu do takes damage, he lets out a sign of relief, or if he gets nearly bursted out he starts fresking out and asking for it again.

DarkSoul19945/9/2018, 11:55:49 PM1 votes

Dr. Mundo is basically Calvin Zabo/Mister Hyde from Marvel Comics, except Mundo completely loses his mind instead being emotionally unstable.

Mundo's whole character is insane + meat cleaver + chemical augmentation. On top of that, he's a Tanky Juggernaut (note: Tanky --not a tank- he has no Hard CC in his kit and no utility he can provide for his team).

Q could stay the same, the rest of his abilities should basically be him injecting himself with a syringe and Mundo getting some sort of buff/growth/buff+self-debuff.

KingRaffa5/10/2018, 6:51:09 PM1 votes

Gameplay wise: Unstoppable juggernaut aspect. Ult could probably get tweaked a lil bit, same with his cleavers, then change the rest up. Maybe even go for some Jekyll/Hyde aspect where he becomes the monster in fights. But I want him to be like the Mundo of old, when he really was unkillable (obviously he should be killable, but Grievous wounds have made him so weak now its laughable)

Visual: Purple hulking monster in a lab coat. He should be massive and sound like a maniac but still be goofy.