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DreamingDjinn

I've been playing Mundo for about 7 seasons now, and have well over 1000 games on him. I may not play a ton of ranked, but my normal MMR places me against diamond players regularly.

I'm very concerned with this blog post, and the future of Mundo. I'm afraid of what they are going to do to him, and it sounds as if they have a core misunderstanding about Mundo and his playstyle. I wish there were someone for me to get in contact with, unfortunately I'm not a hyper popular streamer so my opinion likely doesn't matter.

RIP big guy. We'll always have the memories at least. ;(

We are reading the feedback here so you could elaborate on the 'core misunderstanding' if you want.

DreamingDjinn

Absolutely! A few things that really struck a bad chord with me:

2) increase Mundo’s gameplay variance beyond landing cleavers

The only time cleavers are my focus are when my laning opponent will almost certainly kill me for getting in range--especially early game. A lot of my plays come from Masochism and outlasting my opponent. Canceling my auto-attack on the E is absolutely crucial in many cases.

It's why a lot of Mundo mains will take Approach Velocity in their second tree, and I see the recent buffs to the rune being particularly huge for him.

That's a bit beside the point, but the cleavers are merely something I use to get in range. Right now, he's working very nicely as an anti-AP bruiser. Not so much when he has to duel "real" bruisers, especially before level 11/Rank 2 ult.

Then, the approach to lore really bothered me. I've always liked this idea of a doctor who over-experimented on himself and fried his own brain. The knowledge is still there and fragmented--which is why he's so good at picking apart his victims. The mutated doctor thing is also a callback to his beta design, when he was a real doctor. It kinda burns that legacy to change it.

I agree that a "flat out dumb" character is an interesting idea, but not for Mundo. It really bothered me when it was alluded to in the short story from a few years back that he wasn't really a doctor, and it's bothering me that is the direction that he's being pushed again. I like his association with Singed and by extension Warwick. It would make sense that they are all involved.

I could elaborate more with gameplay examples in terms of his current drawback and balances, but I've already written a small novel by reddit standards.

Oh and for the record, I like Concept #I the most, a big upper body and tiny little stubby legs. Maybe a bit more lab coat though.

I will do anything I need to help make this a success. I'm terrified that Mundo will be replaced by an imposter I won't be able to play anymore.

Edit: grammars

I play a lot of Mundo too, but mostly Jungle because players are so poor at judging the matchups and gank timing. I'm pretty sure Glenn has a good read on his gameplay (I think he's in the Mundo discord atm), we only get a few lines in the article to wax lyrical but I can see why that phrasing is upsetting as a hardcore Mundo player.

I'm seeing a lot of mixed opinions on what his story should be. I too remember him being snuck into the Zac promo material along with WW in their pre-LoL forms. Heck the 'M' concept was a bit of a throwback to the old beta Mundo, although maybe I should have given him dinosaur feet. But personally I think when it comes to experimenting on themselves Viktor and Singed have that beat covered. Rest assured we are talking about it.

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MarioToast

The concept artist had a ball with this.

sure did

mundo is the best >:D

FruitfulRogue

Kit-wise aside I've really come to appreciate Champion concepts designed by Kindlejack. They're always a little more interesting and unique compared to other concept artists. She's still hot sure but she's at least hot in a unique way.

ty :)