So I was looking at UD and was wondering what happened to Pit Dragon and I saw it doesn't look bad. I thought the same thing with Gahlroon. Why aren't these champs used in UD? Is it because all they can do is beat Bane Shift down? Also, what are some underused or underrated runes in UD?
It's becasue they don't offer any utillity. All they do is have high damage. What's the point of running Pit Dragon, when roughly for the same nora I get a flying demon chick with block 2 and 2-5 range attack usually for 19DMG?
Sheoul's Fireball is my favorite spell that no one else uses. It deals more single target damage than Mindstorm on a single turn and if it kills it can potentially deal 24! damage to other champions. So if you position well you can kill 2 champs with a 35 nora spell. Not to mention that it can heal your fire eaters.
And that's considering that Fire Feed is ovecosted compared to fire aura, and will probably get a 2-3 nora discount. I don't think he's crazy gamebreaking though. Just a solid soloist.
I always find room for a Ruby Crawler in all my UD decks. Fire Jab, Fire Eater, Fire Acolyte, Fire Damage, Mirrored. For 70 Nora. Really good for the low hp kill on deploy, great vs non physical. Run with an orb out for extra fun.
Doomies are great includes and so are naria mindtaps. Doomies scale very well throughout the game and help shore UD's weakness in the late game and mindtaps are a great ranged unit that works well with drain vitality because of her ability.
