Top Team Comps #15: Hot Potato Comp

Archive post, November 2012. Half the throwing is gone. Volibear's Rolling Thunder flung the first champion he attacked over his shoulder, which is the mechanic this comp is named after, and his rework swapped it for Thundering Smash [Q], a charge that stuns instead. Urgot can't take the AD carry slot any longer either, because his rework turned a ranged marksman into a melee bruiser who finishes people with a chem-drill execute, Fear Beyond Death [R]. The other three still work: Singed keeps Fling [E], Alistar keeps Pulverize [Q] and Headbutt [W], and Gragas still opens on Explosive Cask [R]. So the plan of shoving people into your own team survives. You'd be building it out of three champions rather than five.

TOSSING champions around like rag-dolls, this team is exactly what you'd expect from a title like Hot Potato Comp. Snowballing extremely quickly and very difficult to counter late game, if they get a lead, expect to feel powerless.

SUGGESTED LINEUP Top: Singed Mid: Gragas AD Carry: Vayne/Urgot Support: Alistar Jungle: Volibear

ADVANTAGES: - Huge amount of disruption and peel - Extremely tanky - Fun

DISADVANTAGES: - AP Heavy - Difficult to coordinate - Relies on Gragas for good initiation

In terms of AD carries, Vayne or Urgot will both work; however since the team is slightly AP heavy you might want to choose Vayne and focus entirely on the late game. Urgot will help your team get through mid-game much easier, but may cause some issues late game, especially if the enemy team starts stacking MR.

Alternatives you can also swap in and out for are Lee Sin, Poppy, Jayce, and Xin Zhao if you so choose.

STRATEGY:
This team does exceedingly well against squishy champions and teams with low amounts of peel. Until Singed, Volibear, and Alistar get tanky, you'll be mostly relying on Gragas ult for initiation. Afterwards, it's as simple as running down the middle and throwing straggling enemy champions over your back for your zombies to devour.

COUNTER-STRATEGY:
Since the team's gap closers mostly involve straight-forward running head on into battle, assassins can work their way around and burst down the AD carry. An alternative is to kite them with champions like Lux, who have a great time CCing fat melee champions without blinks.

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