User blog comment:TheTobarMethod/Rumble isnt broken at all! Tell me what you guys think!/@comment-5503261-20121029171355

I totally agree that alot of people aren't prepared to go up against rumble, simply because so few people play him. This gives a huge advantage, so playing him aggressivly with alot of AP will throw alot of players off.

I think there are some main reasons why he is not part of any meta-play though.

Some of his skills are sort of unpredictable, as well as his durability in teamfights. Both q, w and e are very cool skills, and provide a great variety in abilities. His q deals massive dmg straight from the beginning, but its dmg is spread out on 3 secs. So it's potential is very hard to reach because people will mostt likely just move. This brings the second problem with rumble's skills; Since he runs on heat, and both of his offensive skills are very short ranged, you can harras him thus overheating him. This will of course make him even more dangerous in close-combat, but it renders him completely useless against ranged champions eg. mid lane.

This Brings me to the second great problem with rumble; His overheating renders him very unreliable in teamfights. If rumble is charged during pre-engaged teamfights, he is most likely forced to use some of his heat on his w. This will result in rumble being closer and closer to being a non-spellcasting champion during a teamfight, and propably when you most need his abilities. Due to the massive cooldown overhating brings upon him. Now, you might argue that rumble works fine as a close-cambat "fighter". But he simply hasn't it my experience, and that is why i see his overheating as something you need to use as a finese. But it is not something you will gladly welcome at any given moment. Rumble doesn't have much sustain being a mage.

Third and final reason; his ultimate. Now don't get me wrong. Rumble's ultimate is SICK, using it correctly. The problem is just that it is pretty hard (compared to most other ultimates anyway) to use. The fact that it is a sort of "2-click" ability makes it hard to use, especially during a teamfight. Being the pressure is on your team or not. people can flash over it, most of the time they can run around it or they simply aren't leaving after all when you thought they were. It is hard to predict, and gain good use of its potential.

Given that rumble could be used as sort of a "burst" champion, it would require him to use all 4 abilities to gain instant overheating and make the most of it. Again, pretty risky stuff.

But all this being said; i do own rumble and he has his own masteries and runes ^^ He is ALOT of fun to play, because of his diversity. Everyone who has not tried him, should.

But i can imagine that these are the reasons that he is not prefered amoungst people.