About a Mundo Rework

SaltyToplaneGoat··1 votes·884 views

Well, we all know that our purple hulk is in desperate need of some reworking love (Visual, Lore and Gameplay). If you'd ask me I'd say he almost needs a Sion-Level threatment. (Won't talk much about gameplay here, wrong board for that)

There is also some other thread going around here, but that one is mostly about the VU and not about the story. Now lets take a look at Mundo's lore no?

Somehow it doesn't tell us much, apart from him being a zaunite scientist that did a bit too much "Crazy science" on himself. Oh and maybe that strange sadism part, but that seems like a rather random element to me. Somehow his lore kinda lacks... everything. This is a basis to work on, but not something I would call an authentic character.

Of course there are many possibilities on how to approach the purple doctor and I won't say that I got the best solution here, but what about approaching him more like a "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"-character? A scientist who's self-experimenting has gone terribly wrong, causing his body to change drastically. Also this would allow us to see Dr. Mundo actually as the one most people tend to forget he is: a absolutely brilliant scientist in the field of biology, biochemics and neurology.

Personally I would love seeíng him reworked into some kind of tranforming champ ("Normal", dude in lab coat -> MUNDO), still preserving the gameplay elements of a hulk but also more with the "Crazy, but brilliant, scientist" - touch.

But maybe that's just my opinion, so what do you guys think about how we shoul deal with Mundo's lore?

8 Comments

GreenLore1 votes

Overall I think mundo is too iconic for some bigger changes to his characer(meaning he will probably keep his "mundo-goes-where-he-pleases"-thing going.

However i would like it if he had his moments where it becomes clear that he is still a genius scientist/sadistic killer,beneath that facade,despite the fact that he can only talk like this.

The transformation thing sounds cool,but it would need a huge amount of gameplay changings for him and I doubt they would do that.

SaltyToplaneGoat1 votes

Well , to be honest there isn't much you would have to change since his Lore barely tells us anything. My suggestion would be to use the currently existing one as a basis for further development. Also "Human" Mundo doesn't really have to be normal too - it wouldn't be strange if his experiments also start to influence his normal speech and behavior (even though it would be less extreme than in the MUNDO! form)

Hmm... I don't see much problems from the gameplay side. His current kit has low interaction, low counterplay and is just a bunch of stat modifications (that and much hidden power wich comes with stat changers) . If I was in charge of his reworkI would only try to keep his iconic cleaver (at any costs!) and scrap everything else. The W makes no sense anyway since he is no mage and there are surely more intersting possibilities for his E and R to keep his surivability and his damage.

One could use the cleaver to show how ridiculously extreme his tranformation is. The doctor drags along that thing and mabye uses it for defense while the hulk swings it around with ease. Using this train of thought one can put the two forms into different strategic niches: a strategican and a brilliant mind in contrast to a undieing abonimation of science that is all about "MUNDO SMASH!"

He could be similiar to Gnar, but in his case the transformation needs to get another system than simple rage... That fits a prehistoric toddler throwign a trantum, but not a biological and neurological genius.

GreenLore1 votes

While I agree that Mundo could need a kit rework(because like you said it is rather bland),I'd say making him a transformation champ is still too much of a change.

Would be a bit weird in that the normal formes of the champs are usually the face of the champion,but in mundos case it is his mutated form that is iconic

SaltyToplaneGoat1 votes

Well, as long as the purple-hulk form remains in game everything is fine. It would be even better if this special appearance would also have a certain impact on gameplay. This would also depend on how often he changes form (but that's gameplay and not lore elements).

I'm not saying to get rid of the old Mundo but to develop and improve him so he is actually a character with depth (in both character and gameplay). Right now he is barely more than a walking joke. Iconic, yes, but barely anything more than that.

GreenLore1 votes

Well Ironstylus came over into the other thread and mentioned that they thought about mundo having a bulk change when ulting,like normally he would be still visibly muscular and when he ults he grows even bigger and even more muscles,I think that would be a cool thing and would incorporate what you've suggested to some extent

SaltyToplaneGoat1 votes

Dunno... this would turn him from "Muscular Hulk" to "(a little more) Muscular hulk". That can't be really called a transformation.

Actually, I like the idea of making the MUNDO! appearance more bulky, bigger and stronger, but then again we should tone down his normal appearance for a bit so there is actually some kind of contrast and difference in between those forms.

GreenLore1 votes

thats basically the point. It is more like the aatrox transformation,but a bit more different than "bigger and glowing". I mean Mundo will certainly remain a tank,so I doubt they want to give him a squishy regular form,which in turn means he'd need to look like a tank even in that form.

SaltyToplaneGoat1 votes

hopeful bump Comeon guys I can't be the only one who has an idea about what to do with the doctor in terms of Lore...

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