I still have a "Wolf of wallstreet" concept somewhere on my pc. So much stuff you can do in the skinline with all the "should 100% not be in a company" type chars.
Honestly, I love the tonal whiplash that Mundo has in his lore. Much like the Pyro from TF2 you get two different perspectives that actually offer a decent amount of depth and introspection into his story. One side is a terrifying horrific entity that slaughters pretty much indiscriminately, but those are a dime a dozen in fiction, and not at all unusual for League of Legends. But then you find out that he's doing it not out of hunger. Not out of sadism, or wickedness, or some greater purpose, or even out of malice. He's doing it because he genuinely believes that he's trying to help people, and that's even more terrifying while being sad and awful and darkly funny all at once. You couldn't pull that off on a character like Aatrox without it seeming facetious, or on a Noxian without it seeming fanatical or a Demacian without it seeming like they're corrupted. Even Shadow Isles characters couldn't be used to give that idea any weight. You see the lumbering clumsy doofus in the ripped straitjacket, claiming he's a doctor, and you laugh. Then you find out what made him this way, and you feel awful for laughing. Then you see the bonesaw and you realize you should not have been laughing, you should have been running, because being killed by something innocent and friendly is so much more fundamentally disturbing than being killed by something that's blatantly evil. And the more silly and goofy the killer, the more disturbing it becomes. It has the same effect as Pyrovision from TF2 - to everyone else, they're a complete psychopath who revels in butchery. To Mundo, he's a struggling doctor who just wants to help. And to the viewer/reader, who sees both sides, it's worthy of pity, tragedy, horror, and comedy all at the same time.
To be Honest, Mundo is the Type of Character who will always be Fun To play with but Be a Pain in the ass to be against... But no matter what Team he is... He is still by far The Best to see
I still remember a game I had where I think Mundo was a little fed, but he had the right tank items and was in ult became literally unkillable. We did damage him little by little but he just kept attacking towers and wouldn’t die
Corporate Yorick, with the Maiden as his secretary and his ghouls stuffed in white-collar suits. His E throws money at the enemy which causes the ghouls to jump after them and W summons cubicle walls.
I think the tonal whiplash is actually brilliant personally, which might sound weird but here me out: Its all to do with outside world views vs internal views of mundo, we view mundo as goofy, because we aren't in league, but in the universe? man is a terrifying serial killer who just brutally maims people while laughing, hes like the mask comics in how his actions are horrific when you see them in universe, but funny outside, and makes a fantastic contrast to the fact he thinks hes a doctor, he thinks hes lighthearted. Thats why I don't think the bio is a tonal whiplash, it actually adds further to the story of how fucked up mundo is.
This is random but I've wanted so badly for season two of arcane to have ekko wander into the asylum where Mundo is and it go for a cinematic horror movie type feel as ekko searches for scrap and the tension builds as we see bonesaws and broken pencils and clipboards with misspelled diagnosis only for Mundo to chase ekko through the asylum just being charming, hilarious and horrifying, do it riot, you cowards. Fun addition maybe one of silco's chem barons is the one that handed over Mundo he could be an early attempt at making a permanent shimmer super Soldier like what silco did to that kid but it failed and they locked the result away in the asylum
if they only have 9 episides again its hard to have a side story like this to fit in and as much as it would be fun i think it would be a more cohesive season 2 if they dont do it unfortunately
@@abipolarporo2947 I was thinking ekko look for scrap to build his prototype z-drive but I can agree if it can't be placed organically I don't want it cluttering or ruining the flow of the story but I've got my hopes
@@abipolarporo2947 hopefully after the success of season 1 they will have funding for more episodes, so things wont need to be so constantly on pace as season 1
Nicky talking about Corporate Mundo made me realize there is a monster champ with a skin the almost fits in corporate, Gentlemen Cho’gath. Currently you could shove him in as a wealthy investor or something.
@@genericname8749god that’s such a perfect idea, I love it XD I am in full favor of a cooperate line of skins as long as it’s ONLY for monster and or clinically insane chrs XD so: Cho, Warwick, trundle, kogmaw, twitch, thamkench, OMG SECRETARY REKSAI OR LULU WOULD BE FANTASTIC 😂 😂😂 I want this skin line so bad now XD
His corporate skin is also absolutely top notch. Literally ever since his vgu I think I've used 1 other skin once, and all the over 100 times I've played him I've used corporate Mundo
I think the way Riot made Mundo's rework is very fitting. It represents Mundo, his backstory, and his behavior after his mutation as if you are Mundo. Mundo thinks he is a great doctor, but acts all goofy as a person's first impression. However if you are near Mundo for too long, the horror and tragedy of his character is revealed. A newer Mundo player will think he's just a goofy character, but when they dive into his lore and discover how messed up he is... it's terrifying. Mundo, I feel is a great representation of subservation of expectations.
Just want to point out that the video is not in the Casual Champion Review playlist it seems. Just finished watching it to catch up and noticed i missed this video. Also, loving the series and will enjoy following it going forward.
A skin I’d like for Mundo would just be a regular surgeon outfit. Basic, but I can imagine the splash art having the same vibe as that Mr. Bean meme where he’s in surgeon scrubs with the mask pulled down giving the patient a thumbs up, mixed with the dentist scene from that episode of BTAS with Joker, Harley, and Commissioner Gordon (if you need a skinline just make Evelyn the surgeon assistant. Who wouldn’t want sexy nurse Evelyn?). Plus the skin could be called Dr. Dr. Mundo, and I think that’s funny.
The thing you said about them trying to be cool in the new icon is so true, and its the same for some other champions that get represented very differently outside of League, like Vi with noodle arms or pretty boy Thresh. Riot (and tbh most other gaming companies) put a lot of emphasis on just making characters pretty or cool-looking because "hey, thats gonna sell for the most surface level audience", even if that misrepresents the characters themes. Its kinda sad seeing such a fixation on beauty (im not even talking about making characters ugly, just about making them not be hot models). Its even weirder because that cool and that pretty they aim for is THE MOST basic standard for coolness and beauty (as if muscled Vi and older Thresh weren't hot as hell) as if deviating from it would make the character ugly.
I just love everything about mundo so mucho, such a fun character in every way. Its one of the few champs i actually enjoy hearing his voice lines and just brings me joy in general.
personally if they make a corporate skinline I want Taliyah to be Mundo's assistant and the only human in the bunch. the reason I want Taliyah is when I first saw the corporate Mundo splash are I though the girl in the back looked a bit like Taliyah, also the image of Taliyah's ult being piles of documents and other office items instead of rocks is funny to me.
The best feeling is that when you play mundo there are 2 liandries and 2 Bork's on the enemy team and when you play against him you're the only one with anti tank and anti heal
I get that Corpo Mundo is amazing but... I just *love* Pool Party Mundo, you know? He is the zone, he is truly vibing. Also, the cute little bonk when you land the Q is amazing.
i feel like he is supposed to be a tonal whiplash the character, like he has been tortured but he doesn’t know because he is too stupid, he thinks hes helping but he is also realizing he is killing a lot of and hurting a lot of people, he is supposed to be this dual character of goofy and serious that i personally really really like
I think Mundo would fit pretty well into the Astronaut/Space Groove or Gothic/Fright Night skin lines. They would have a lot of options with both these two different general themes imo. And I fully agree on the Corporate take! We need Corporate Gnar I tell you! Gnar is the perfect personification of a fed up 9-5 office worker.
Great video. On the topic of the absurdly long time since Mundo's last skin. There actually were champs that waited longer than Mundo for a Skin. Yorick waited 7 years for a skin and he literally only had his release skins for that time. Shen waited for 6 years (7 if you ignore the esport skin that Riot had to do cuz the winners chose it).
On the Corporate skins idea, 10/10 absolutely should be a thing. But like what about having Belveth as the rival Corporation to play the straight man to the comedy of Mundo and just have her actually competent and good at her job yet always still losing to Mundo because Mundo is best Ceo. Data Entry Brand, flames are replaced with papers. Mailroom Skarner, Crystals replaced with like Mailboxes and packages. H/R Aatrox..like it writes itself and I would literally set my wallet on fire for all of this.
I still very much enjoy the fact that amidst this ocean of new champions that need to be hyper complex, 37 dashes, a twitlonger passive that gives them a cocktail and a shoulder massage every time they recall after having used their W on exactly 2 caster minions, and either no shirt if they're a man or the exact same face if they're a woman, it's VERY refreshing to see how simple Mundo's kit is. For Mundo passive, Mundo regen HP gooder and block CC and can pick up bag from ground. Mundo press Q, Mundo throw cleaver. Mundo press W, Mundo zap people. Mundo press E, Mundo hit big hard. Mundo press R, Mundo HP get big number real good. The simplicity of the kit and how effective it is honestly puts my mind at ease because if I want to remember how to fight someone like Akshan, I have to remember the 20 different passive effects he has. If I want to fight Aphelios, I have to be like that one Corki that Darkmane fought and be a Harvard graduate. If I want to remember how to fight Mundo, me dodge cleaver, me build Grievous Wounds, me win.
Funfact to the skin thing: The current record for "longest time without skin" is being held by Yorick, with 2296 days (about 6 years) between Pentakill and Arclight :)
I disagree with the mundo soundtrack, i think its really really good. It captures a double sided personality where its got a really terrifying overall ambiance, but if you listen to the whole thing, theres some wacky and playful instrumentional stuff, which to me shows the dicotomy between whats happens in real life and whats happening in his head
18:30 Guardian of the Sands Skarner got released on April 27, 2015 and Cosmic Skarner on November 24, 2020, those were 2038 days (5 years, 6 months and 26 days) without a skarner skin. Mundo needs another year to break skarner record.
The first skin I ever got (in my wrong region account :c) was Ejecutive mundo, I LOVEEEEEEEEED that skin. I started playing Mundo for that skin, and I probably buy it one day in my current account just to listen to his voice lines once again
I remember getting a Corporate Mundo shard like 4 years ago and never redeeming it, because I never played him and I thought that it was just a glorified recolour (also because I had no orange essence). Then, when they said that they are reworking him, I held off because I was sceptical if it was going to be good or not. Then when they released the trailer for him, I redeemed it because GOD DAMMIT he has a big blocky phone, says "stonks", drives a silly car and when he last hits with E HE SENDS THE ENEMY DRIVING AWAY IN THE SUNSET WTF??? Peak Riot design, best skin ever
Something I wish you mentioned: His current Lore was actually changed, I think. I belive the Chem-Barron he was working for became Renata Glasc. Which obviously means he didn't kill her, she must've escapted. Also, I know you've mentioned Riot doing a Corprate skinline before, but let me remind you; Corprate Mundo is already in a skinline called 'Dayjob', which has a really similar concept.
I personally don’t mind Mundo having such a dark backstory since both of his previous backstories were relatively dark despite what a goofy character he is. I agree that they tried a bit too hard to make him look somewhat handsome, because I really miss his older look his tongue constantly hanging out. That said, I do still generally like the redesign and I think he’s still a ton of fun.
playing mundo high was the best leauge session i ever had. playing a goofy ass character with goofy ass voicelines while im being a goofy ass stoner? ah so good
on what Mr Nicholas said: HR fiddlesticks, secretary rek'sai, busboy kog'maw, security guard mordekaiser, water cooler nautalus, and because we need to appeal to rito game, intern ezreal mords ult would send you to the backrooms of course
Yeessss Mundo is one of my favourite characters, he's just a big beefy purple goofball and that's what i appreciate the most despite the tragic backstory. Few champions makes me smile in the same way mundo does.
After all this time I have grown yo like Mundo more, I also used to believe that maybe Riot didn't know what he wanted him to be and probably it's just because I got used to him, but now I actually like the way he is in his new lore
Ok, now I think Nicky is colorblind. in the immortal journey skin review he called base shyvanna blue and now he just called Mundo blue. They’re both purple right? Or am I the one fucking tripping.
I think that the biggest tonal change between the 2 is like you said in your vid, he knows he FAILS. Which is a shame because the fact that he used to believe that punching a hole in someone's ribcage genuinely helped them is way funnier
if they make a Mundo horror game where you're stuck in his asylum, I'd play that so much. That'd be a great multiplayer horror game. secondly, a list of ideas for cooperate skins because I think they're funny HR Evelynn or Draven Office worker Olaf Intern Darius/Swain Corporate Kled (Mundo's business competitor)
I think certain parts were meant to be the way they are (regarding the story and theme of Mundo). Like not being descriptive about his torture. Mundo doesn't remember it. Hence it's missing. As for his theme, I like to think it tries to symbolize the feeling of a person who sees him/his victim. It's a weird mix of showing Mundo to a player through his own eyes and through eyes of someone who sees him in person. I might be reading too much into it tho. It might as well be as you say it is. Just a bunch of ppl with different visions for a character
I would argue that Twitch is also a comedy character. Any champion that screams 'I DEMAND A SANDWICH' or 'IT WAS ME, I DEALT IT' isn't meant to be taken seriously.
I recall that Riot was trying to do dark comedy, but the way he landed they focused on comedy and you can barely see the dark. it sort of gives me Addams Family vibes, but not dark enough I think
Personally I like the disconnect. It feels like a sort of rug pull that tricked the person. And it’s funny and all that, but my favorite part is when he slips back into the horror, especially when he has lines like “who is Mundo to play god, then me remember, he, me Mundo!” Stuff like that makes me stop and think about how he’s still a horror character and I love that whiplash.
Nicky: if you need to just run around the map like a buffon, play mundo. Me: yes, but if you want to do that, with drip, play with Moneyman (corporate) Mundo, if you are lucky, you can even ride dirty on his car around the map.
As a Mundo main the build I recommend for tryharding is 3 points Q > E max, Anathema > Heartsteel > Titanic, though I can understand if this is too tryhard for some people
I'm holding out hope that the reason we haven't gotten a Mundo skin yet... They're bringing back Fright Night this October and Mundo's getting a Fright Night skin.
Tbh he still works well into mages He can neutralize artillery mages by healing passively their poke and kill burst mages like veigar by absorbing their cc, healing back with W and running them down after He just lost his massive MR steroid, that personally was a big thing about picking him in Champion select
you know when you mentioned busboy kog'maw for some reason i got the funny idea for a legendary skin for asol where they make him a karen or that one karen boss people have had to deal with at one point or another
Bro, corporate mundo is like surprise party fiddlesticks; it’s the best skin they will ever have. Everything after (and before) will be fighting for second place, you just wont top it without a biblical miracle kind of idea/ design. Now that doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t keep giving a chr skins but…. We all know that there will never be anything better than what we have XD it’s just too perfect.
mundo ages as he pleases
I am 100% in for a full Corporate skin line for the "monster" champions. I would buy CEO'Gath SO FAST.
HR Cho
I'm imagining Cho with sunglasses...
HR kled, imagine that
@@BoneWalker
I still have a "Wolf of wallstreet" concept somewhere on my pc. So much stuff you can do in the skinline with all the "should 100% not be in a company" type chars.
@@kasamigi8031 gentleman cho already exist you know
Honestly, I love the tonal whiplash that Mundo has in his lore.
Much like the Pyro from TF2 you get two different perspectives that actually offer a decent amount of depth and introspection into his story. One side is a terrifying horrific entity that slaughters pretty much indiscriminately, but those are a dime a dozen in fiction, and not at all unusual for League of Legends.
But then you find out that he's doing it not out of hunger. Not out of sadism, or wickedness, or some greater purpose, or even out of malice. He's doing it because he genuinely believes that he's trying to help people, and that's even more terrifying while being sad and awful and darkly funny all at once.
You couldn't pull that off on a character like Aatrox without it seeming facetious, or on a Noxian without it seeming fanatical or a Demacian without it seeming like they're corrupted. Even Shadow Isles characters couldn't be used to give that idea any weight.
You see the lumbering clumsy doofus in the ripped straitjacket, claiming he's a doctor, and you laugh. Then you find out what made him this way, and you feel awful for laughing. Then you see the bonesaw and you realize you should not have been laughing, you should have been running, because being killed by something innocent and friendly is so much more fundamentally disturbing than being killed by something that's blatantly evil. And the more silly and goofy the killer, the more disturbing it becomes. It has the same effect as Pyrovision from TF2 - to everyone else, they're a complete psychopath who revels in butchery. To Mundo, he's a struggling doctor who just wants to help. And to the viewer/reader, who sees both sides, it's worthy of pity, tragedy, horror, and comedy all at the same time.
You can literally feel the love you have for Mundo, and it's entirely justified, because it's freaking Mundo
Won’t happen but Corporate Gwen where she is doing a ribbon cutting ceremony is too perfect.
Nicky forgot the most important part of Corporate Mundo and the whole reason is the best skin ever. The tiny car you get when you leave the base
To the mundo mobile
@@kidvex5741 the irs interferer
To be Honest,
Mundo is the Type of Character who will always be Fun To play with but Be a Pain in the ass to be against...
But no matter what Team he is... He is still by far The Best to see
mundo bot is the one who teaches you the consequences of feeding
I still remember a game I had where I think Mundo was a little fed, but he had the right tank items and was in ult became literally unkillable. We did damage him little by little but he just kept attacking towers and wouldn’t die
Play gwen or trundle against him
You'll fold himat any stage of game
Especially with Gwen
@@weaponizedautism3269once i was playing Mundo and was really fed
Until enemy trundle pressed R on me and i became literally made of wet paper xD
I find mundo always boring for some reason. Glad im one of the few who doesnt like it
Corporate Yorick, with the Maiden as his secretary and his ghouls stuffed in white-collar suits. His E throws money at the enemy which causes the ghouls to jump after them and W summons cubicle walls.
I gotta say my favourite line from Mundo is, "Who is Mundo to play god? Ah, MUNDO!!!"
I think the tonal whiplash is actually brilliant personally, which might sound weird but here me out: Its all to do with outside world views vs internal views of mundo, we view mundo as goofy, because we aren't in league, but in the universe? man is a terrifying serial killer who just brutally maims people while laughing, hes like the mask comics in how his actions are horrific when you see them in universe, but funny outside, and makes a fantastic contrast to the fact he thinks hes a doctor, he thinks hes lighthearted.
Thats why I don't think the bio is a tonal whiplash, it actually adds further to the story of how fucked up mundo is.
This is random but I've wanted so badly for season two of arcane to have ekko wander into the asylum where Mundo is and it go for a cinematic horror movie type feel as ekko searches for scrap and the tension builds as we see bonesaws and broken pencils and clipboards with misspelled diagnosis only for Mundo to chase ekko through the asylum just being charming, hilarious and horrifying, do it riot, you cowards. Fun addition maybe one of silco's chem barons is the one that handed over Mundo he could be an early attempt at making a permanent shimmer super Soldier like what silco did to that kid but it failed and they locked the result away in the asylum
Yeah, Mundo’s hilarious to us, but to everyone in universe he’s terrifying. It should have the same vibe as the “I made you a snack.” Scene
if they only have 9 episides again its hard to have a side story like this to fit in and as much as it would be fun i think it would be a more cohesive season 2 if they dont do it unfortunately
I hope we get a big zaunite titans fight in season 2, like dr.mundo vs warwick for example
@@abipolarporo2947 I was thinking ekko look for scrap to build his prototype z-drive but I can agree if it can't be placed organically I don't want it cluttering or ruining the flow of the story but I've got my hopes
@@abipolarporo2947 hopefully after the success of season 1 they will have funding for more episodes, so things wont need to be so constantly on pace as season 1
Nicky talking about Corporate Mundo made me realize there is a monster champ with a skin the almost fits in corporate, Gentlemen Cho’gath. Currently you could shove him in as a wealthy investor or something.
Give us a corporate skin set Riot. And if Kled isn't a CEO we're gonna riot
The moment cho gath gets a vgu, that skin is gonna skyrocket
@@genericname8749i really want wolf of wallstreet warwick. God I need a full skinline of office monsters
@@donvitopatata you get it!
@@genericname8749god that’s such a perfect idea, I love it XD I am in full favor of a cooperate line of skins as long as it’s ONLY for monster and or clinically insane chrs XD so: Cho, Warwick, trundle, kogmaw, twitch, thamkench, OMG SECRETARY REKSAI OR LULU WOULD BE FANTASTIC 😂 😂😂 I want this skin line so bad now XD
Mundo goes where he pleases on the alphabet, he could've went before Aarrox
19 more champs before the Boi of Nicky's play Ivern
His corporate skin is also absolutely top notch. Literally ever since his vgu I think I've used 1 other skin once, and all the over 100 times I've played him I've used corporate Mundo
I think the way Riot made Mundo's rework is very fitting. It represents Mundo, his backstory, and his behavior after his mutation as if you are Mundo.
Mundo thinks he is a great doctor, but acts all goofy as a person's first impression. However if you are near Mundo for too long, the horror and tragedy of his character is revealed.
A newer Mundo player will think he's just a goofy character, but when they dive into his lore and discover how messed up he is... it's terrifying.
Mundo, I feel is a great representation of subservation of expectations.
Just want to point out that the video is not in the Casual Champion Review playlist it seems.
Just finished watching it to catch up and noticed i missed this video.
Also, loving the series and will enjoy following it going forward.
A skin I’d like for Mundo would just be a regular surgeon outfit. Basic, but I can imagine the splash art having the same vibe as that Mr. Bean meme where he’s in surgeon scrubs with the mask pulled down giving the patient a thumbs up, mixed with the dentist scene from that episode of BTAS with Joker, Harley, and Commissioner Gordon (if you need a skinline just make Evelyn the surgeon assistant. Who wouldn’t want sexy nurse Evelyn?). Plus the skin could be called Dr. Dr. Mundo, and I think that’s funny.
Yes. Dr. Dr. Mundo and Nurse Evelynn
The thing you said about them trying to be cool in the new icon is so true, and its the same for some other champions that get represented very differently outside of League, like Vi with noodle arms or pretty boy Thresh.
Riot (and tbh most other gaming companies) put a lot of emphasis on just making characters pretty or cool-looking because "hey, thats gonna sell for the most surface level audience", even if that misrepresents the characters themes. Its kinda sad seeing such a fixation on beauty (im not even talking about making characters ugly, just about making them not be hot models). Its even weirder because that cool and that pretty they aim for is THE MOST basic standard for coolness and beauty (as if muscled Vi and older Thresh weren't hot as hell) as if deviating from it would make the character ugly.
I just love everything about mundo so mucho, such a fun character in every way. Its one of the few champs i actually enjoy hearing his voice lines and just brings me joy in general.
personally if they make a corporate skinline I want Taliyah to be Mundo's assistant and the only human in the bunch. the reason I want Taliyah is when I first saw the corporate Mundo splash are I though the girl in the back looked a bit like Taliyah, also the image of Taliyah's ult being piles of documents and other office items instead of rocks is funny to me.
Nicky: "No one has gone as long without a skin as Mundo"
Skarner Mains: "So even you have forgotten about us..."
Get on our level, 2000+
The best feeling is that when you play mundo there are 2 liandries and 2 Bork's on the enemy team and when you play against him you're the only one with anti tank and anti heal
I get that Corpo Mundo is amazing but... I just *love* Pool Party Mundo, you know? He is the zone, he is truly vibing. Also, the cute little bonk when you land the Q is amazing.
i feel like he is supposed to be a tonal whiplash the character, like he has been tortured but he doesn’t know because he is too stupid, he thinks hes helping but he is also realizing he is killing a lot of and hurting a lot of people, he is supposed to be this dual character of goofy and serious that i personally really really like
I think Mundo would fit pretty well into the Astronaut/Space Groove or Gothic/Fright Night skin lines.
They would have a lot of options with both these two different general themes imo.
And I fully agree on the Corporate take! We need Corporate Gnar I tell you! Gnar is the perfect personification of a fed up 9-5 office worker.
We need a Hand Mundo little legend
and we need it now
Comedic timing genius. Those cuts are my favourite part of these videos
8:50 Malphite got pissed and punched the floor with pure rage 😭😭
Great video. On the topic of the absurdly long time since Mundo's last skin. There actually were champs that waited longer than Mundo for a Skin. Yorick waited 7 years for a skin and he literally only had his release skins for that time. Shen waited for 6 years (7 if you ignore the esport skin that Riot had to do cuz the winners chose it).
At least us Shen players got a Mythic for our troubles.
As a mundo enthusiast myself I was excited for this video
On the Corporate skins idea, 10/10 absolutely should be a thing. But like what about having Belveth as the rival Corporation to play the straight man to the comedy of Mundo and just have her actually competent and good at her job yet always still losing to Mundo because Mundo is best Ceo.
Data Entry Brand, flames are replaced with papers. Mailroom Skarner, Crystals replaced with like Mailboxes and packages. H/R Aatrox..like it writes itself and I would literally set my wallet on fire for all of this.
I still very much enjoy the fact that amidst this ocean of new champions that need to be hyper complex, 37 dashes, a twitlonger passive that gives them a cocktail and a shoulder massage every time they recall after having used their W on exactly 2 caster minions, and either no shirt if they're a man or the exact same face if they're a woman, it's VERY refreshing to see how simple Mundo's kit is.
For Mundo passive, Mundo regen HP gooder and block CC and can pick up bag from ground. Mundo press Q, Mundo throw cleaver. Mundo press W, Mundo zap people. Mundo press E, Mundo hit big hard. Mundo press R, Mundo HP get big number real good.
The simplicity of the kit and how effective it is honestly puts my mind at ease because if I want to remember how to fight someone like Akshan, I have to remember the 20 different passive effects he has. If I want to fight Aphelios, I have to be like that one Corki that Darkmane fought and be a Harvard graduate. If I want to remember how to fight Mundo, me dodge cleaver, me build Grievous Wounds, me win.
Funfact to the skin thing:
The current record for "longest time without skin" is being held by Yorick, with 2296 days (about 6 years) between Pentakill and Arclight :)
I love the cuts to you being dead/ after you respawn
Imagine Corporate Ivern with Daisy as his Bodyguard 🤌
Nicky: Top lane is for serial killer murders.
Meanwhile, Pat the jellyfish Rave:
The “hooray” from Nicky at 3:38 killed me
Love his muscles growth 💪.
8:25 I immediately heard that sound and expected it to be followed by the rest of Dumbest Girl Alive by 100 Gecs
Maybe we're getting Fright Night again this year? Mundo would fit wonderfully into that skinline
I disagree with the mundo soundtrack, i think its really really good. It captures a double sided personality where its got a really terrifying overall ambiance, but if you listen to the whole thing, theres some wacky and playful instrumentional stuff, which to me shows the dicotomy between whats happens in real life and whats happening in his head
18:30 Guardian of the Sands Skarner got released on April 27, 2015 and Cosmic Skarner on November 24, 2020, those were 2038 days (5 years, 6 months and 26 days) without a skarner skin.
Mundo needs another year to break skarner record.
Corporate Trundle: his club is one of those roll-up diagrams
Mundo's tone is pretty similar to that of Murder Drones - legitimately scary body horror interrupted by slapstick comedy, and yet it somehow works.
YESSS MUNDO LET'S GOOO
The first skin I ever got (in my wrong region account :c) was Ejecutive mundo, I LOVEEEEEEEEED that skin. I started playing Mundo for that skin, and I probably buy it one day in my current account just to listen to his voice lines once again
I remember getting a Corporate Mundo shard like 4 years ago and never redeeming it, because I never played him and I thought that it was just a glorified recolour (also because I had no orange essence). Then, when they said that they are reworking him, I held off because I was sceptical if it was going to be good or not. Then when they released the trailer for him, I redeemed it because GOD DAMMIT he has a big blocky phone, says "stonks", drives a silly car and when he last hits with E HE SENDS THE ENEMY DRIVING AWAY IN THE SUNSET WTF??? Peak Riot design, best skin ever
Something I wish you mentioned:
His current Lore was actually changed, I think. I belive the Chem-Barron he was working for became Renata Glasc. Which obviously means he didn't kill her, she must've escapted.
Also, I know you've mentioned Riot doing a Corprate skinline before, but let me remind you; Corprate Mundo is already in a skinline called 'Dayjob', which has a really similar concept.
Wait, when and where did you get the bit about Renata? I just re-read Mundo's bio and it still says that he was just working for a generic Chem-Baron.
@@GoldLight73 I don't think the Bio has been updated since then. But Renatta has some voice lines that confirm this.
I personally don’t mind Mundo having such a dark backstory since both of his previous backstories were relatively dark despite what a goofy character he is. I agree that they tried a bit too hard to make him look somewhat handsome, because I really miss his older look his tongue constantly hanging out. That said, I do still generally like the redesign and I think he’s still a ton of fun.
Can we talk about the perfect cut at 13:12 for the malphite jump scare?
I love the cartoony "hooray!! After Akali dies from the turret.
Mundo is a very layered character.
He can be funny, threatening and sympathetic, and all of those at once.
Mundo: What if an Ogryn from Warhammer 40K accidentally passed medical school?
WAIT IM LITERALLY IN THE VIDEO LMFAO MY BELVETH WAS THROWING SO HARD LMAO (i was ashe)
playing mundo high was the best leauge session i ever had. playing a goofy ass character with goofy ass voicelines while im being a goofy ass stoner? ah so good
on what Mr Nicholas said: HR fiddlesticks, secretary rek'sai, busboy kog'maw, security guard mordekaiser, water cooler nautalus, and because we need to appeal to rito game, intern ezreal
mords ult would send you to the backrooms of course
i am happy to say that mundo is finally get a new skin in the upcoming update so happy to see he actually gets recognised :)
as a fiddle main I never knew I needed an HR fiddlesticks skin until now but dear lord I want it now
Yeessss
Mundo is one of my favourite characters, he's just a big beefy purple goofball and that's what i appreciate the most despite the tragic backstory.
Few champions makes me smile in the same way mundo does.
If Hand Mundo isn't the new skin I'm gonna lose it
After all this time I have grown yo like Mundo more, I also used to believe that maybe Riot didn't know what he wanted him to be and probably it's just because I got used to him, but now I actually like the way he is in his new lore
Ok, now I think Nicky is colorblind. in the immortal journey skin review he called base shyvanna blue and now he just called Mundo blue.
They’re both purple right? Or am I the one fucking tripping.
No, you’re right.
It’s the period at the end of dr that makes it come first punctuation comes before everyone else
I think that the biggest tonal change between the 2 is like you said in your vid, he knows he FAILS. Which is a shame because the fact that he used to believe that punching a hole in someone's ribcage genuinely helped them is way funnier
if they make a Mundo horror game where you're stuck in his asylum, I'd play that so much. That'd be a great multiplayer horror game.
secondly, a list of ideas for cooperate skins because I think they're funny
HR Evelynn or Draven
Office worker Olaf
Intern Darius/Swain
Corporate Kled (Mundo's business competitor)
Asking for revision regarding toplane players: haven't killed someone in a month, I'm perfectly recovered and sane, and back to play taric top again
I think certain parts were meant to be the way they are (regarding the story and theme of Mundo). Like not being descriptive about his torture. Mundo doesn't remember it. Hence it's missing. As for his theme, I like to think it tries to symbolize the feeling of a person who sees him/his victim. It's a weird mix of showing Mundo to a player through his own eyes and through eyes of someone who sees him in person. I might be reading too much into it tho. It might as well be as you say it is. Just a bunch of ppl with different visions for a character
that cut around 2 min where you lost almost 300 hp at level 2 I was just like "ah yup, akali" lol
Think old slashers, tragic backstory, very menacing, also had lots of comedy behind them
Next week isn’t Draven, it’s Draaaavennn
how tf did u live the 1v2 at 4:15 without w for heals as well
I would argue that Twitch is also a comedy character. Any champion that screams 'I DEMAND A SANDWICH' or 'IT WAS ME, I DEALT IT' isn't meant to be taken seriously.
We need more videos besides champions reviews and skins lines….. we need champion rewinds, tier lists, etc
I like the Raccoon Nurse (and also his old short story)
9:00 the malphite xd
Its been 1717 days since mundo has gotten a skin please riot give us something
I recall that Riot was trying to do dark comedy, but the way he landed they focused on comedy and you can barely see the dark. it sort of gives me Addams Family vibes, but not dark enough I think
Mundo is an Ork. He's having fun, he thinks everyone else is having fun. The reality is that he is a horrifying monster.
Nickyboi is crazy. confirm
Personally I like the disconnect. It feels like a sort of rug pull that tricked the person. And it’s funny and all that, but my favorite part is when he slips back into the horror, especially when he has lines like “who is Mundo to play god, then me remember, he, me Mundo!” Stuff like that makes me stop and think about how he’s still a horror character and I love that whiplash.
5:12 why does that minion turn blue?
Mundo's icon being 'cool' works, I feel. It's the face he makes when he's ready to practice medicine.
1:31 is it more so for Yorick mains?
The best part of mundo is that you just walk towards them.
Ima say it, Fright Night Mundo is coming. It just makes sense
Nicky: if you need to just run around the map like a buffon, play mundo.
Me: yes, but if you want to do that, with drip, play with Moneyman (corporate) Mundo, if you are lucky, you can even ride dirty on his car around the map.
As a Mundo main the build I recommend for tryharding is 3 points Q > E max, Anathema > Heartsteel > Titanic, though I can understand if this is too tryhard for some people
You also watch briefcase man?
I'm holding out hope that the reason we haven't gotten a Mundo skin yet... They're bringing back Fright Night this October and Mundo's getting a Fright Night skin.
Something that i didn't like of Mundo rework its that before rework he kinda was the Malphite/Rammus but for Magic resist instaed of armour
Tbh he still works well into mages
He can neutralize artillery mages by healing passively their poke and kill burst mages like veigar by absorbing their cc, healing back with W and running them down after
He just lost his massive MR steroid, that personally was a big thing about picking him in Champion select
The tonal dissonancy with Mundo reminds me a lot of Faust from Guilty Gear
Weird looney toons character that is also a silent hill monster
you know when you mentioned busboy kog'maw for some reason i got the funny idea for a legendary skin for asol where they make him a karen or that one karen boss people have had to deal with at one point or another
While I would LOVE an all monsters corporate skin line we all know they'd make Evelyn the secretary or some shit
If we have a corporate Mundo, do we really need more skins? The stonks are just so strong! And what will top the convertible?
Bro, corporate mundo is like surprise party fiddlesticks; it’s the best skin they will ever have. Everything after (and before) will be fighting for second place, you just wont top it without a biblical miracle kind of idea/ design. Now that doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t keep giving a chr skins but…. We all know that there will never be anything better than what we have XD it’s just too perfect.
"I want to big bonguns on aa with E" = "I'm bad at aiming the Q"
very nice Dr. Mundo-ing
I just wish we could have burning agony back. Bring back AP Mundo.
I kinda liked how his name was edmundo in his past version. Or smt like that, i dont actually remember it well
Mundo aproves this video : )
Since they’ve waited so long I think if they bring fright night back, Munro would be a perfect fit.