League of Legends

[Kaden]

My point is that losing health and dying shuts anyone down.

edit: Sorry for sounding argumentative, just puzzled.

Nah, it's cool. The difference between Mundo and most other champions is that losing health and almost dying are basically built into him. It's just how he rolls.

Like Leo said, if you max Cleaver ASAP and hurl one every time it's off of cooldown, yeah, you'll do more damage to yourself than the enemy will. If you give it a couple seconds and split leveling between Q and E, then you'll probably never notice the increased health costs.

Mordekaiser has a similar problem with his E. Just rush something with decent HP/5 (I go with Warden's Mail on Morde) and you'll never notice it. With Mundo's passive, you should be able to rush Spirit Visage and never think about his skill costs again.