Mundo initiating?

Onwodori·Apr 24, 2015·3 votes·459 views

MUNDO WRITE THIS POST FOR MR. FLEDGLING.

MUNDO THINK MUNDO IS STRONG. MUNDO CAN SUPPORT, JUNGLE AND KILL PEOPLE IN TOP AND MID LANE. MUNDO CAN EVEN ADC, BECAUSE MUNDO GOES WHERE HE--

Mundo, turn the caps lock off. Here, just give that to me.

Hey. So my usual intro go butchered, but he means well. Still very busy, but Mundo is a really fun champ and I think he is unusually powerful right now due to his massive, consistent percentage damage. They only thing I am not sure how to do with mundo is initiate with him.

Do I just ... run ... at the enemy team with W and my ult going? ... That doesn't really seem like the best initiation in the world. I guess you can pop Randuin's in the middle of it all, but idunno, with teamfights such a heavy emphasis right now, there has to be something better.

Thanks and Mundo is going to help me finish this Psych homework now (Not expecting an A)

-MF

4 Comments

junglerboy16Apr 25, 20152 votes

Like Arrevax mentioned, Mundo isn't really an initiator. He is the kind of tank/fighter who is more efficient at split pushing really hard with TP up and then TP-ing in once someone engages onto your team. His "Pop R and run at you with cleavers and W" style is much better suited to scaring people off of your team, rather than starting a fight.

Basically, keep in mind that not all tanks/fighters are initiators, Mundo being one of these, along with Garen Nasus Nunu Olaf Renekton Shen Singed Trundle Udyr Yorick These guys are almost universally better at disengaging or counter-engaging a fight, rather than throwing the first punch.

OnwodoriApr 25, 20151 votes

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Like Arrevax mentioned, Mundo isn't really an initiator. He is the kind of tank/fighter who is more efficient at split pushing really hard with TP up and then TP-ing in once someone engages onto your team. His "Pop R and run at you with cleavers and W" style is much better suited to scaring people off of your team, rather than starting a fight.

Basically, keep in mind that not all tanks/fighters are initiators, Mundo being one of these, along with These guys are almost universally better at disengaging or counter-engaging a fight, rather than throwing the first punch.

Thanks I appreciate that! Yeah I am forever looking for my perfect support, jungle, top lane champion, and initiation is imperative in this meta.

junglerboy16Apr 25, 20151 votes

Well, in a meta of hard initiation, having good counter engage is an excellent strategy to make the enemy's hard engage less effective. Just because the top pick has good engage doesn't mean everyone else has to have hard engage to work at all. For example, it doesn't matter if that Sej lands a 3 man ult if Mundo goes charging straight into her backline and starts murdering her carries when she engages. Disengage and counter-engage inherently counters hard engage champions, so these guys are very strong right now (just a little situational).

EDIT: Another example of a tanky fighter type who is strong right now is Kennen . His ult is really good at locking down diving enemies, and that makes him a good counter pick in the current meta.

ZarxisApr 24, 20151 votes

You don't really have to initiate as Mundo... In fact, I don't think Mundo is really capable of a formal "initiation" (CC'ing multiple enemy team members to set up a fight). Just fling cleavers and be ready to do what you can to distract and damage the enemy team (throw cleavers and sit in the enemy team, burning everyone with W) when one of your allies decides to all-in.