Morde did get some changes in 6.1, namely some minor buffs to his shield gain, changes to his ultimate and finally a minion-cast W. Hallelujah.
Now, what do you guys over there at RiotHQ think about how these changes affected out favorite Metalhead? I know you guys have a lot of things on your mind, especially Kog'Maw and other champions that have precedence over Mordekaiser, yet some thoughts on him would be much appreciated.
RiotMeddler70 votesWe think the 6.1 changes worked pretty well and have been good for him. We're not planning on doing any work on Morde in the near future, he's performing reasonably in multiple positions and there are other champs in need of much more immediate work.
Malicious Metal64 votesGotcha.
Thanks for the swift response.^^
Shac Norris28 votesWhy in the heck did you get downvoted?
Here, i'll restore the balance.
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Hi, so totally off topic. How do you put the pictures in your posts like that? I haven't tried to do it on the new board system, and I'm not seeing an obvious button anywhere.
So Gnarsty5 votesI believe just copy/paste the link
kaltenashes1 votesright click an image and select copy image location, then paste
Vlasimuthe4 votesSo that is what LaughingFish has been doing with his upvotes
Azrael Jiraco2 votesKeep up the good work, and thank you for giving him W back for solo lane. It really made a difference! :)
Burnt Iron King25 votesWhat if indirect changes to his itemization make him fall short? E.G Steraks being nerfed, etc.
By the way, there still seems to be a bug with Mordekaiser's passive and the Runic Armor mastery. It still doesn't interact with his shield gain even though CertainlyT mentioned it should be working on the PBE :/
Blue Moon Wolf6 votesI'm sure they will buff him accordingly if they see he falls below expectations, but he really could use that Runic Armor bug fix.
kagepaladin1 votesyea ive noticed a visual bug when you tp the little ball of metal that gets thrown out when you cast your w goes in reverse from spawn platform to where you tp to.
EzraTwitch1 votesWe think the 6.1 changes worked pretty well and have been good for him. We're not planning on doing any work on Morde in the near future, he's performing reasonably in multiple positions and there are other champs in need of much more immediate work.
Please please please let him cast W on wards.
Malicious Metal3 votesHe can cast it on syndra's spheres and J4's flags^^'
TotalJerk1 votesWhat the fuck? He can?
Rendarkan2 votesCan you please just at least kinda... make his feet and walk a little more fluid looking and less like a guy who was butt violated?
Sinlaire3 votesIsn't he just a spirit wrapped in spiky metal armor? sounds like a good case to be a bit clunky walking around in a suit that doesnt fit you i think.
Fat Bastard GOD3 votesI think us Morde mains died inside. It's official Morde won't be changed for a while...
Annoxis1 votesSo, I will ask the bad question, but the one that needed to be asked : now that you have put Morde into a very similar but less toxic situation than he was before his gameplay update, and that you decided that he will need a VGU at some time in the future, in which lane are you going to support him from now and for his upcoming-at-some point VGU ?
" Still not decided " will not lead to death threats.
Frius1 votesaatrox when?he`s been ignored for like 100 patches?good state ?not played like never.
Penta Penguin1 votesDidn't someone at Riot say Morde would eventually get a VGU?
KING ATTILA1 votesWe think the 6.1 changes worked pretty well and have been good for him. We're not planning on doing any work on Morde in the near future, he's performing reasonably in multiple positions and there are other champs in need of much more immediate work.
Such as Tryndamere
elon wątroba1 votesIsn't trynda going to be left in his current state as poster child of toxic design? I read it somewhere at boards.
KING ATTILA1 votesIsn't trynda going to be left in his current state as poster child of toxic design? I read it somewhere at boards.
His design is outdated. It's only toxic to bronze players. Tryndamere is worthless. They can get rid of his ult for all I care....i just want him to he playable
kagepaladin1 votesyea when I celebrated HueHueday the past two day all morde games i played have been victories ive been playin morde since 2-3 months after his release i think, i remember starting league the summer between 8th and 9th grade which was 5 almost 6 years ago now. i havent been playing morde since release like malicious but it's been for as long as i can remember. (or as for back as the match history goes which is 5/1/2012)
terkmc1 votesMaybe just a tiny buff to his base tank stat? He's really squishy for a juggernaut :(
Tengrichan1 votesAnd here we go the year long hiatus to wait on a proper rework.
BoilTheOil1 votesi think you should buff his base hp or his hp regen then i think he will be in a really good spot
Xonra1 votesWe think the 6.1 changes worked pretty well and have been good for him. We're not planning on doing any work on Morde in the near future, he's performing reasonably in multiple positions and there are other champs in need of much more immediate work.
Why is this getting upvotes? Are people not actually trying Morde to see how untrue "he's performing reasonably in multiple positions" is? I mean there are worse cases, but he is far from performing well.
I know I'll get downvoted for disagreeing with a red post, but he is pretty poor right now in almost every position, and most certainly not performing well.
KnightOfOrder1 votesWe think the 6.1 changes worked pretty well and have been good for him. We're not planning on doing any work on Morde in the near future, he's performing reasonably in multiple positions and there are other champs in need of much more immediate work.
And by "performing reasonably" you mean being incredibly underwhelming no matter what lane you choose right? Lets be honest here, the Mordekaiser "rework" was a colossal failure, you (Riot) didnt put the necesary effort into it and it backfired hardcore, trying to just slightly alter a very erratic kit into such an out of the box idea ended up with Mordekaiser still being toxic as all hell when good and painfully awful when bad. I commend you guys for trying something so different but at the same time i am incredibly disappointed as an (ex)Mordekaiser player how you pretty much have given up on him. Would it really be too much to ask to at the very least return him to old pre-rework balance and power state? I dealt with the erratic kit before, but an erratic kit with bad numbers is just a pain and it makes me wonder how many years we'll have to wait for Morde to get an actual quality rework instead of wishy washy efforts.
Let the downvotes begin i guess...
Lord Phazanor 1 votesWe think the 6.1 changes worked pretty well and have been good for him. We're not planning on doing any work on Morde in the near future, he's performing reasonably in multiple positions and there are other champs in need of much more immediate work.
I don't think he's "performing reasonably in multiple positions". If he does, I'd like to see the numbers. And even if he did, it doesn't adress the main problem: he's not what we want.
Lord Galvatron6 votesTo be honest Riot really dropped the ball with Mordekasier. With the combination of his nerfs immediately after Juggernaught release (he was seriously over buffed at the time), and changing his play style (As an Caster/Melee ADC) 1 month (or 2) before they overhauled the Marksmen and created a ADC/ AD Assassin meta, Morde. is exactly where he was before they attempted to make him viable again. In fact, he might be actually WORSE then he was back in early-mid season 5. If you are looking for data, go to champion.gg where it has statistics for champions using Riots own gameplay data. What really irks me (if this sad excuse for a "update"of Morde didn't already do so) is that Morde……. still has pizza feet.
There are cases when Riot makes masterpieces of champions and concepts but this……..isn't one of them.
XIII Vanitas4 votesHey Malicious, sorry for the OT, but there are some questions I would like to ask you. If you could change something about Mordekaiser's kit, what would you change? What's the core identity of Mordekaiser? Do you think he should be a dps or a bursty champion?
Malicious Metal3 votesHmm..
I'd change his W since I find it really unsatisfying to use as well as being not that well designed imo. I would make it function as his "window of power" increasing his shield gain and having great AoE but reducing his shield generation to give him a less unhealthy bully pattern.
Mordekaiser IS iron man. His passive as well as his wraith ultimate are what define him as an unholy force on the battlefield. He'll wade through the enemy team and all you could do is RUN.
I like Burst as much as the next guy but DPS is easier to balance and would synergize better with his passive. Besides, Juggernauts tend to have huge sustained damage^^
Rendarkan1 votesOn a side knote can we fix his kneecaps on his walking animation? It looks like his knees buckle look weird when he walks. I dunno to me it looks like his knee bends 90 degrees and his shin shifts up into his femur and its just weird to watch it clip. Can he at least get a more smooth walk animation over looking like he had his mace shoved up his ass?
Lord Boltrix1 votesI agree with Mal on the W, I feel that it creates a window of power much like crowd control and mobility does on other champions, and I think his W is what Riot sees as makes him have duo-lane potential. I just think that there could be more to the W than just bonus experience, which doesn't fit him thematically and honestly doesn't do much except promote the 'snowball harder' issue that has always plagued Morde.
I think that Mordekaiser could afford to have his relatively weak base stats if he got more of those 'moments of opportunity' to make up for it, I've suggested several times on the forums that the bonus experience passive could be replaced, perhaps he could get scaling armor and magic resist in some form when using his W.
Hm, maybe said armor and magic resist could scale further from his own percent missing health? Thematically Mordekaiser gets power from pain, so he could deal more pain if he is suffering more, and he thrives on pain so it makes sense that he could survive longer in fights if he is suffering that much more.
Plus, using his own percent missing health, rather than using bonus health or AP or his innate resists would prevent the scaling from indirectly buffing snowballing on Mordekaiser.
My other gripe is with dragon ghost: I love it, I want to keep it, but I feel it costs Mordekaiser nothing to get it... mostly since all it does require is Morde damage the dragon before his team takes it. I feel that making Morde have to cast his ult on the dragon would make it not so easy for Mordekaiser to get that ghost, and would inhibit snowballing on Mordekaiser since right now he could take a marksman ghost, take tower, then go do dragon and get ANOTHER ghost, and likely have his ult up by the time the dragon ghost dies.
That whole thing was one of two reasons why Mordekaiser was pick or ban during the World Championship (the other being 100% bonus experience).
With that change, getting the dragon is an option, but getting the dragon ghost is a decision, a decision to save it for the dragon and thus not have the chance to use it in teamfight, or to use it in said teamfight and not have it immediately available if the dragon is rushed after a successful teamfight.
That would open up a bit more for Mordekaiser's power budget for other things.
WadeWilson13373 votesUh...Mordekaiser in a okay position? His highest winlate is top lane at 47%...thats troll pick status.
TotalJerk10 votesPeople are still playing him incredibly fucking wrong, though.
Malicious Metal2 votesThis.
OneSmoothDude4 votesThat's higher than Maokai, Jayce, Renek, Vlad, Xin, and Gnar. Are those all troll picks as well?
WadeWilson13372 votesXin top is without a doubt a troll pick. All the others have several weaknesses and are all not very good picks with champions like Fiora and irelia and Malphite being so dominant at the moment.
FluxBound2 votesIt would be nice if you talked about other things. I know you're Malicious Metal, and you love Mordekaiser, but he's not the only champ like this. You seem to have a pretty big following, so you can probably raise attention to other champs.
Zedex2 votesWhat's to talk about..They used him as a spotlight champion like GP, Darius, and Fiora at Worlds. Now they'll dumpster him and forget about him.
blfUvZ8Ybu1 votesYes please.For justice.
LilxPaprika1 votesI think mordekaiser would benefit a lot from a slow active on say sunfire cape. like we have with cinderhulk. if we chooses not to jungle.
its good with both rylais and mallet since synergizes with rylais when spell on cd to get the first slow off. and mallet to reach them.
You could always get gunblade but may wish to mix it up.
come to think of it could just get
with lucidity boots and mastery to lower its coodown might help
is also useful on mord.
or have team compostition with hard engage and w to them like a zac
Torgal1 votesMordekaiser was one on my main before his rework (remember how fun was to DFG ult someone and kill him). But actually he need some love, a little.
My suggestions :
Up a little his movement speed, why not bring back to 340 ? (like others Juggernaut ?
) because he his so slooooooooow. 325 is horrible, he can't dash and have 0 controls, and his movement speed from his W don't help him so much to move.
Second, but it's a little big. His shield decay after 1,5s. Okay, he can store his shield easy with his E but, it's possible to do something about that ? Only decay when out of combat ? Like his old shield ?
But I guess it's a little unhealthy. But why not try...
EDIT :
Ho, another idea for him for improved his Juggernaut identity. Why not changed his magics damages for physical damages ?
Maybe doing his Q and E doing physical damages ? It's can be realy cool, and Juggernauts items like 
can be realy great on him 
.
But the problem is, people who play AP Mordekaiser will don't like it...
Khâmul1 votesMordekaiser was one on my main before his rework (remember how fun was to DFG ult someone and kill him). But actually he need some love, a little.
My suggestions : Up a little his movement speed, why not bring back to 340 ? (like others Juggernaut ?
Second, but it's a little big. His shield decay after 1,5s. Okay, he can store his shield easy with his E but, it's possible to do something about that ? Only decay when out of combat ? Like his old shield ?
But I guess it's a little unhealthy. But why not try...
EDIT :
Ho, another idea for him for improved his Juggernaut identity. Why not changed his magics damages for physical damages ?
Maybe doing his Q and E doing physical damages ? It's can be realy cool, and Juggernauts items like
But the problem is, people who play AP Mordekaiser will don't like it...
why when you already have 
IICrowII1 votesI recently spent a week playing Morde as often as I could convince my team to let me. He's fine in some matchups and very dead in others, and I feel like I still have an impact on the game even when my lane doesn't do so well. I think that he would do very well in a lane swap, but good luck orchestrating that outside of a 4-5 man premade.
