LoL Champion Guide - Dr. Mundo: The Madman of Zhaun

LoL Champion Guide - Dr. Mundo: The Madman of Zhaun

By Marcus Chen

February 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM

Dr. Mundo

Dr. Mundo

Dr. Mundo is a powerful juggernaut who excels at being an unstoppable force in teamfights. Playing in the toplane, he combines exceptional sustain with surprising poke damage and late-game scaling.

Core Strengths:

  • Exceptional tankiness and self-healing
  • Strong late-game scaling
  • Consistent damage output
  • Manaless abilities
  • Good wave clear

Major Weaknesses:

  • Weak early game
  • Lacks hard CC
  • Can be kited easily
  • Vulnerable to grievous wounds

Ability Priority:

  1. Q (Infected Cleaver)
  2. E (Blunt Force Trauma)
  3. W (Heart Zapper)
  4. R (Maximum Dosage)

Passive: Goes Where He Pleases

  • Resists first immobilizing effect
  • Drops a chemical canister when hit by CC
  • Picking up canister restores 4% max health
  • Grants bonus health regeneration

Core Abilities:

  • Q: Throws cleaver dealing current health damage and slowing targets
  • W: Deals AoE damage and stores received damage for potential healing
  • E: Grants bonus AD based on max health and serves as auto-attack reset
  • R: Heals missing health instantly and regenerates health over time

Build Path: Starting Items:

  • Doran's Shield
  • Health Potion

Core Items:

  • Sunfire Aegis
  • Spirit Visage
  • Warmog's Armor

Situational Items:

  • Thornmail (vs heavy AD)
  • Force of Nature (vs heavy AP)
  • Dead Man's Plate (for mobility)

Early Game Strategy:

  • Farm safely with Q
  • Avoid all-ins before level 6
  • Use passive to trade effectively
  • Conserve health for important trades

Mid-Late Game:

  • Split push when needed
  • Join teamfights as frontline
  • Target carries in fights
  • Time ultimate for maximum value
  • Focus on objective control

Mundo excels at being a durable frontline threat who can both absorb and deal significant damage. Success with Mundo relies on proper resource management, skillshot accuracy with cleavers, and knowing when to engage with ultimate.

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