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Top Lane Rumble - A comprehensive guide
Build Guide By Khazem
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Recommended Items
Runes:
1
2
Sorcery
Domination
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+10 Adaptive (6 AD or 10 AP)
+5 Armor
Spells:
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2
Flash
Ignite
Items
Starting items
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Start 1
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Start 2
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Ability Order
Junkyard Titan (PASSIVE)
Rumble Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Threats
Synergies
Extreme
Major
Even
Minor
Tiny
Show All
None
Low
Ok
Strong
Ideal
Extreme Threats
Ideal Synergies
Cassiopeia
Outranges you and has a stronger all in. It should be almost impossible to deal with a good Cassiopeia player. Build MR, max W second and play it safe.
Jarvan IV
The perfect match for Rumble as he can keep people trapped inside your ultimates for an extended amount of time.
Synergies
Ideal
Strong
Ok
Low
None
Jarvan IV
The perfect match for Rumble as he can keep people trapped inside your ultimates for an extended amount of time.
Champion Build Guide
Table of Contents
1Introduction2Getting Ready3Abilities |
4Itemization5Gameplay |
Commonly Used Abbreviations in this GuideChangelog|
Hi! I'm Khazem, a diamond rated League of Legends player. I've been playing this game since early season 1, playing mainly top lane in all that time. I've been fairly high ranked throughout my time playing this game, hitting Platinum in season 2 and a peak of Diamond 2 in season 3. I consider myself quite knowledgeable about most things top lane due to my experience, time playing the game and the top lane in general. Rumble is a champion I've always loved and have played since turning to the top lane in season 3, but never quite took seriously until recently where I began to appreciate what he offers and can bring to a team if played well and have been quite succesful doing so. |
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Pros+ High AoE Damage+ Easy resource management + Snowballs very hard + Strong Laner + Game changing ultimate |
Rumble's Strengths |
Rumble's Shortcomings |
Cons- Susceptible to jungle ganks- Low mobility - Difficult to use ultimate - No sustain - Can feel useless when behind |
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FLASH
Probably the strongest summoner spell for most champions and Rumble is no exception. Whether it's to escape a gank, dodge a key ability or make an offensive play, Flash is a must-have. |
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IGNITE
My recommended choice for players in any rank below diamond. Ignite will make you a much bigger threat in lane and if you're looking to climb as a player, getting ahead in the laning phase is the way to go. Always keep in mind that the enemy jungler will often look to punish your aggression when they notice your Ignite pick. |
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TELEPORT
Usually picked for having more presence on the map or for bad matchups where you might have to recall and Teleport back to avoid losing experience and farm. I highly recommend not using this as a way to "gank" or countergank other lanes, or generally make too many offensive Teleport plays as the cast cannot be canceled and a bad Teleport will put you heavily behind. |
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Keystone - Arcane Comet - The strongest option available for Rumble right now. Adds some consistent damage to your poke and when used with an Electro-Harpoon it becomes almost impossible to dodge. Tier 2 - Nimbus Cloak - Usually the rune of choice here, since there isn't really much else to go for. It can be very strong in situations where you're chasing someone down for a kill, use your ultimate and get the speed boost to get in range for your Flamespitter and Electro-Harpoon. Can also prove quite useful when using your ultimate defensively as a way to escape.Nullifying Orb - Used when laning against magic damage champions, or against heavy magic damage teamcomps in general. This tiny hexdrinker of a rune can be really clutch and save your life often. Tier 3 - Absolute Focus - The strongest option in this tier. Scales fairly well as long as you're able to stay high on health and gives the most benefits overall. |
Sorcery is, in my opinion, the only viable option for Rumble at the moment. The other trees simply don't offer enough to be worth considering and you will always be downgrading on your Keystone. Going for Domination and
Dark Harvest is an option, but not recommended as it is overall a very niche and in most situations weaker keystone.Secondary
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Taste of Blood + Ravenous Hunter - These two runes combined grant Rumble a good amount of sustain in and outside of the laning phase, something he needs in order to keep trading and pressuring. While most of the healing gets reduced due to his main damage being AoE, the fact that he has a very consistent damage output makes this combination very strong on Rumble. |
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Shield Bash + Bone plating - Can be used in bad matchups as this will give you a very strong boost in survivability in the lane, as well as a bit of extra damage every time you shield as long as you can afford to get into melee range. Always try to use your Bone Plating procs to retaliate if possible as it makes you very tanky while it is active. Revitalize In lanes where you're constantly going to be taking damage, this rune could prove to be more useful than Bone Plating simply because it'll give you a bigger shield and allow you to absorb more damage. |
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Adaptive runes
There isn't much to say here. This is, as the name suggests, adaptive, meaning that you should pick the stats you think are going to be best for you in the game. By default, you should go for double adaptive force and armor (against a physical laner) or MR (against a magic damage laner). In cases where you are laning against
Renekton, Jayce or Pantheon (and possibly Riven) specifically, I suggest one adaptive force rune and two armor runes.
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JUNKYARD TITAN
HEAT: Rumble gains Heat each time he uses a basic ability and loses 10 Heat per second after not using any abilities for 4 seconds. DANGERZONE: Rumble's basic abilities are enhanced when he is at/above 50 heat. OVERHEATING: At 100 Heat, Rumble becomes Overheated, silences himself for 6 seconds. While silenced, his basic attacks deal 25 − 110 (based on level) (+ 30% AP) bonus magic damage each while his Heat decays back to 0 over the duration. |
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FLAMESPITTER
Rumble activates his flamethrower for 3 seconds, granting 20 Heat and dealing 175 / 210 / 245 / 280 / 315 (+ 110% AP) magic damage every 0.25 seconds to all enemies in a cone in front of him. Deals 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80% damage to minions. DANGER ZONE: Flamespitter's damage is increased by 50%. |
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SCRAP SHIELD
Rumble tosses up a shield for 1.5 seconds that absorbs 100 / 130 / 160 / 190 / 220 (+50% Ability Power) damage. Rumble also gains an additional 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30% Movement Speed for 1 second. DANGER ZONE: Scrap Shield's effects are increased by 50%. |
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ELECTRO-HARPOON
PASSIVE: Rumble stores an Electro Harpoon charge periodically (up to 2 at once) Charges stored prior to reaching 100 Heat resource Heat can be used while Junkyard Titan 3 overheated. ACTIVE: Rumble shoots a harpoon, dealing 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 (+ 40% AP) magic damage to the first enemy hit and lowing them by 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35% for 2 seconds. Hitting the same target with another harpoon enhances the slow (stacks additively) DANGER ZONE: Electro Harpoon's effects are increased by 50%. |
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THE EQUALIZER
Rumble deploys a barrage of rockets 1000 units down the target path, landing in a line over 1 second and lasting for 5 seconds. Enemies within the line of rockets take 70 / 105 / 140 (+ 17.5% AP) magic damage every half-second and are slowed by 35%. After leaving the area the damage will linger for 1 second. |
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Flamespitter Scrap Shield Electro-Harpoon The Equalizer |
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This is the standard ability sequence for
Rumble. Q
is maxed first for damage, E
is usually maxed before W
because you gain more from levels in E (damage and slow%), while the benefits of maxing W are lower due to the cooldown staying the same.In bad matchups, you can still grab a point in W
at level 2 and max it second just for the shield strength.In certain lanes, or in invades, it's often better to start off with E
at level 1 and then continue with the normal ability sequence.
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WARDING TOTEM
The trinket of choice for the early laning phase. You may be looking to upgrade it later but in general you want to sit on this for most of the game. |
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The safest and usually best choice. Gives you some sorely health regen, helps with the last hitting and generally will keep you in lane for longer. |
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If you're feeling confident and just want to snowball from the start, this can be a good option simply for the stacks gained on kills/assists. If you can get stacks Dark Seal becomes very efficient. |
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Morellonomicon Oblivion Orb early on if you feel like you don't immediately need the grievous wounds. |
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Liandry's Torment |
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Rylai's Crystal Scepter Liandry's Torment as it will increase the burn effect when you slow enemy champions, which will be applied more consistently with Flamespitter once you have this item. |
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Void Staff |
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Rabadon's Deathcap Void Staff when the enemy team has a significant amount of MR. |
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Hextech Protobelt-01 |
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Spellbinder Rabadon's Deathcap. This will empower your initial burst but your overall damage output will be lower compared to other options. Get this if you need to get your damage out quickly, or if you feel like you need the speed boost to even deal damage in the first place. |
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Sorcerer's Shoes |
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Zhonya's Hourglass |
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Banshee's Veil |
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Adaptive Helm Cassiopeia, Karthus, Azir, etc. |
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Mercury's Treads |
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Ninja Tabi |
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So now I've listed all the items that are good to buy, you still need to be able to make a good build using those items. Knowing what items to get comes with experience but here's a couple of standard guidelines. |
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STARTING
This is usually going to be the standard Doran's Shield start. Unless you're looking to style on kids, this is the best option. Don't forget to buy your Stealth Ward. |
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GETTING THE CORE
Next up is your core build. The core for almost every game consists of Morellonomicon, Liandry's Torment and Rylai's Crystal Scepter. As mentioned previously, Rumble benefits a lot from flat magic penetration, so getting Sorcerer's Shoes early, as well as at least an Oblivion Orb is very strong in most situations. If you're against a tank, or your opponent is building magic resistance early on, avoid the flat penetration and instead go for a Liandry's Torment into Rylai's Crystal Scepter. Against certain opponents ( Singed, Kennen, Jayce - assuming they're building any kind of MR), it could be better to hold off on upgrading Haunting Guise until after you've completed your Rylai's Crystal Scepter. Against certain teams it can also be smart to get a defensive Zhonya's Hourglass or Banshee's Veil before finishing your core. |
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FINISHING THE BUILD
Once you've completed your core (
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Before the laning phase even starts, make sure you're out of the base as early as possible so you can cover for possible invades, or participate in an invade should your team be attempting to. If you do end up having a level 1 fight, starting with Electro-Harpoon is the better choice as it has a lower cooldown, a slow and Flamespitter just isn't very strong at level 1.Laning on Rumble can be fairly tricky due to his susceptibility to ganks combined with the fact that his main damage output is an AoE that will often inevitably start pushing the lane. How you do end up playing the laning phase will depend on the enemy top/jungle combination and is something you should always think about. If they have a jungler that is likely to gank early and often, avoid playing aggressively and allow the opponent to push, even if it's a good matchup for you, you're going to want to play it safe unless you have vision/knowledge of the enemy jungler's pathing. Always try to keep track of where the enemy jungler is starting by looking at when the enemy top and bot lanes go to their lanes. If you suspect the enemy jungler started in the top side of his jungle, try to place an early ward in the river or tri-brush (depending on what side you're on), unless it's a jungler that is unlikely to come for a level two gank (usually after they kill the scuttle crab). Keep in mind that in the current jungle meta early scuttle crabs are very important, so if your jungler is starting top side along with the enemy jungler, push the first wave as hard as you can so that if a fight for the top side scuttle crab happens you can help out before the enemy top laner can. Note: If you suspect the enemy jungler started on the bottom side, expect them to look for a top gank at around 2:30-3:00, so ward accordingly. |
Early ward for when you are on the blue side |
Early ward for when you are on the purple side |
Managing your HeatHeat is the main mechanic you're going to want to play around with Rumble. There are three stages of Heat, each with their own effects. At 0-49 Heat, nothing really happens. Rumble does normal damage and his abilities do what the tooltip says they do. Once you get to 50 Heat (up to 99), you will notice your Heat bar turning yellow. This, for most of the laning phase, is the sweet spot that you're going to want to sit on. It empowers all of your abilities and makes you very hard to deal with. Learning how to keep your Heat inside this sweet spot for as much as possible, while also managing the minion wave properly and making sure to not overheat at the wrong time is the key to becoming a better Rumble player. As soon as you hit level 2, you'll be able to start getting to this sweet spot, which from here on I will call by its proper name the "danger zone". The easiest ability to use to reach the danger zone without getting punished for spamming abilities is Electro-Harpoon. Use it often, even if you can't hit a champion with it, to either build up your Heat, or to keep it from decaying below 30% (a general rule of thumb here is to never let it sit on two charges - expend one whenever you get your second one back)Avoid overheating when just poking for damage as this will give your opponent a window to kill you. Overheating is fine if consciusly doing so for extra on-hit melee damage. It's very important to know exactly how much Heat each ability generates so you can play around it much better and not accidentally overheat. Flamespitter generates 20 Heat, Scrap Shield generates 20 Heat and Electro-Harpoon generates 10 Heat per charge. The Equalizer generates no heat and also gains no bonuses from danger zone.Pressuring your opponent under their turretAnother thing you should try to get comfortable with on Rumble is pressuring melee opponents under their turret while they're trying to pick up farm. In certain matchups, you can gain advantages simply by hard pushing the waves over and over, then taking advantage of your range (and their lack of) to pressure them while they can't really retaliate. Go into a practice game and try to get used to both the turret range and the range of your Flamespitter so that you can continuously harass the enemy top laner while they're desperately trying to farm.
Freezing the laneSetting up a freeze can be really strong in certain situations. With a succesful freeze, you can either zone the opponent from a lot of minions if you are ahead, or if you are behind you can keep your lane in a spot close to your turret so that the enemy top laner has to put himself in a dangerous spot in order to farm and break the freeze, giving your jungler a nice window to gank. What is a freeze? Simply put, you speak of a freeze when you can keep your lane in the same spot for an extended amount of time, while being able to farm and blocking the lane from moving into your turret. How do you set up a freeze? In order to set up a freeze, you need to first have the lane push to you. This is usually accomplished through hard resetting the lane by fast pushing into the enemy turret, but there are other situations in which you find the lane pushing towards you. Once the lane is pushing to you, you always need to make sure the opponent's minion wave is bigger than yours. This often means you will have to block the enemy minions for a while in order to keep them in the same spot, but try not to take too much damage while doing so. If needed, thin out the wave by killing a couple of caster minions. When to freeze the lane?
Keep in mind though, that while freezing the lane sounds great in theory, you're not always in a position to do so whenever you please. It's very hard to do when you're behind since the opponent can often just walk up and break the freeze when they feel like it. Freezes are most powerful when you are ahead and you're able to zone your opponent off of the wave. SlowpushingSlowpushing is a very underrated form of lane control that not many players make the most out of, or even realize how powerful it can be, but when used at the right time, a slowpush can have many benefits. What is a slow push? A slowpush is, as the term suggests, a slowly pushing minion wave. It's a wave that keeps growing as it gets closer and closer to the opponent's turret, and thus becomes more and more powerful of a tool as it continues to grow. How do you set up a slow push? A slowpush can be started in several different ways. The easiest way to achieve a slowpush is by simply killing off the opponent's caster minions so that their wave does a lot less damage to your wave, creating an inevitable push. By leaving the melee minions alive as long as possible, the wave won't be pushing too fast either and your own wave will start to build up. When to slow push?
Fast pushingPretty straight forward, a fast push is simply a way to push the wave more quickly. How to fast push? Instead of killing the caster minions to start a slow push, you kill the melee minions as fast as you can so that your wave will burn through the rest of that wave much faster. If your opponent is not in lane, you can simply fast push by clearing the entire enemy wave as fast as possible. When to fast push?
Controlling the wave against ranged opponentsNow this is something many people don't often think about, but there are actually ways to control the waves in situations where you can't walk up and cs without taking a lot of damage. Simply by letting the enemy top laner auto attack you once while you're inside your minionwave, your minions will stop attacking the enemy minions and attack the enemy top laner instead, thus making sure the enemy minions will outlast yours, creating a slowpush to your side and allowing you to pick up this farm once it reaches your turret. Make sure not to get poked down too hard doing this as you will be at risk of getting dove once the wave is at your turret, do not let yourself get into too vulnerable of a position. Doing this, you can break freezes or just have your wave come to your side without putting yourself into too risky of a position. This can also be applied against melee champions in cases where you are struggling. Minions are strongThis is something that is very very important to understand and something newer or lower ranked players fail to realize. Minions are strong. They deal a lot of damage if you let them hit you and it is something to both keep in mind and something you can play around in trades. Always keep in mind that auto attacking the enemy top laner will result in nearby enemy minions targeting you and the same will happen the other way around. Knowing when you can trade and when you need to back off based on the number of friendly and enemy minions is a very important skill in order to deal with certain matchups. |
Bone PlatingThis is a very important rune to play around in general as a top laner and something people don't pay enough attention to. Playing around this rune properly is going to have a massive impact on how well you trade with your opponent so I cannot stress enough to always keep track of this rune. |
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So when you're laning against a champion that is running Resolve (in either primary or secondary), chances are that they are using a rune called Bone Plating. This means that every 45 seconds, whenever you hit them, Bone Plating will proc and will heavily reduce the damage you deal to them for the next 3 attacks or spells. This basically means that you do not want to go for extended trades into a proc of this rune. Instead, look to proc it with your Electro-Harpoon, wait it out and then you will have a 45 second window to go for stronger trades. |
 Notice the green shields around the champion when bone plating is procced. |
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Outside of the laning phase, Rumble can be extremely strong in early/midgame teamfights because of how powerful a well placed The Equalizer is. Rumble also generally doesn't scale very well in a 1v1 against most other top laners despite his early advantages. Because of these factors, you're going to want to start grouping with your team pretty early on. Now obviously you don't just want to leave your lane forever, you want to keep picking up farm and experience in the side lanes as the game goes on. Before you decide to leave your lane, you always want to have your wave be far enough from your turret, ideally leaving it in a state where it is pushing towards the opponent's tower before going off to do other things. Try to time your pushes and bases with objectives. Don't have your minion wave crash into your turret or go back to base when an Infernal dragon is about to spawn. Instead, anticipate and set yourself up so you can be there when a fight breaks out, especially when either an Infernal or Mountain dragon is about to spawn. Keep an eye on the timers and which dragon is up next and with about a minute to spare, push out your wave, base, buy items, and join your team for a potential teamfight. I cannot stress enough how key Rumble's mid game teamfighting is as this is really where he is at his strongest and if you're looking to carry a game on Rumble, these fights are often going to play a huge part in it. Rumble isn't the type of champion you send off to a sidelane to push all game long and draw attention of multiple people as the longer the game goes on, the weaker he gets in those 1v1 and 1v2 fights. As a general rule of thumb, when you have Teleport, you always want to look to push the lane on the opposite side of the most important objective that is either currently up or about to spawn. (pre-20 minutes this will usually be the Rift Herald, unless it's an Infernal or Mountain dragon, post-20 minutes this is almost always baron Nashor) Having Teleport means you can easily join a fight on the opposite side of the map whenever necesssary. Without Teleport, you're still generally looking to do the same thing, except you will have to adjust your timing and always be ready to move when your team needs you. If a fight breaks out on the opposite side of the map and you can't make it there in time, simply keep pushing the lane you're in as hard as you can. |
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So as previously mentioned, teamfights are where Rumble shines, especially around the 2-3 completed item mark and at every ultimate level (6, 11, 16). This is mainly due to one big factor: The Equalizer. This is one of the strongest ultimate abilities in the game but also one of the hardest to use correctly.Generally, you want to place it in a way where it not only hits multiple carries directly, but also forces them to move through it for an extended period of time in order to escape. In most cases, your focus will be the opponent's carries, at least with your ultimate, but you should be looking to get as much of your damage on as many enemy players as possible. If needed, you can use your Electro-Harpoon charges to peel for one of your carries, if not, try to use it on the squishier members of the enemy team so that they can be picked off easily.Keep in mind that Rumble is a fairly squishy champion that, other than health, does not build many defensive stats, so unless you're very far ahead you don't want to play fights too aggressively (at least not initially). After placing down your ultimate and getting as much out of it as you can, you want to dance around teamfights using his Scrap Shield as mobility and trying to land Electro-Harpoons before sealing the deal with your Flamespitter damage.As a general rule of thumb, unless you are ahead and think you can take on the enemy backline by yourself, you want to stick with your own backline and just do damage to anything that comes close enough. If you overextend and get focused down, you will die very quickly. Lastly, remember to keep track of your heat and try to maximize your danger zone. Overheating in a fight is deadly and almost never a good idea so avoid it at all costs. You don't need to spam abilities, but rather wait for the right time to get some good Flamespitter damage in while in the danger zone, as well as getting those big slows on key targets. |
NOTE: This will only feature the most common top lane champions in the current meta. These will also only be pretty general guidelines because most matchups are very dependent on a lot of factors that you simply can't always forsee. You can use this guide to get an idea of how these tend to play out but it will be up to you to learn how to deal with every situation. Most of the less common or niche matchups will be briefly explained in the cheat sheet at the top of this guide.
- FAVORABLE MATCHUPS -
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AKALI
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MALPHITE
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LISSANDRA
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IRELIA
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RIVEN
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JAX
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URGOT
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RENEKTON
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SION
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DARIUS
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JAYCE
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MORDEKAISER
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KENNEN
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