Talk:Rumble/@comment-173.181.37.119-20120704165908/@comment-76.88.92.70-20120709002947

As a pretty decent rumble player, I find that negatron or wits end really shuts him down. Most, if not all of rumble's damage is magic damage which means if they rush a negatron and get enough magic resist, many bruisers can sit in your flamethrower without too much fear of getting out DPSed.

Wits end or negatron into FoN, either one will gimp your damage UNLESS you full combo someone with Q E R and ignite (if you took it instead of teleport). But anytime you do not full combo, your damage will be next to nothing as your flamethrower tick does not do enough damage in small exchanges. A full flamethrower will still hurt but rumble is more of a kiting bully who either wins in small exchanges or kites all your skills and burns your running ass. Magic resist will reduce your ability to win small skirmishes and force you to full combo just to do damage.

Probably the most feared top i've had to play against would be darius simply because YOUR kill range is just as long as his kill range. Both times i've been up against darius, the same thing happens, if you try to flamethrower him he grabs you which turns you around and pulls you in meaning you cant even face him with flamethrower then he takes you from 100 to 0 in about 5-6 seconds with his full combo + ignite + bleed tick. Playing against darius means you need to max E first so you can farm safely and kite him. You simply cannot take him head on as he does too much damage and even then you have to be wary of his flash to close the gap and jump on you as that will take you from 100 to 0 quickly too.

Tl;dr darius has the advantage and so does magic resist