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MORDEKAISER RUINED?!? Not really.

Khaelodrin·8/21/2015, 12:56:33 AM·7 votes·2,034 views

(Title inspired by Funhaus)

TL;DR Mordekaiser's early game has weakened but his late game has become a lot more impactful.

So I wanted to give my two cents about the Mordekaiser rework. Get yourself a cup of tea 'cus that's gonna be a long one.

I've seen a LOT of people saying that the metal man has been "ruined" by it. And you know what? I understand that. I'm not a pro player by a long shot, but I've been playing him since I was a nooblet (which, to some people, might seem like not so long ago), and had some degree of success with him. Now, I've played a few games post patch. I know my metal man enough to feel the difference this update has brought.

So why do people say he's ruined? Well, I can't say I speak for everyone (and by that I haven't read a list of people's complaints about Morde), but I've noticed a couple of things.

Like, his Q, Mace of Spades. You know how it used to just boost the damage of one auto attack? That meant instant shield buildup. Now, the damage is "spread" accross three auto attacks, the last one being particularly impactful. That means it takes a bit more time to build up your shield, so the ennemy champions can more easily tear through it. Specially in the bot lane, where you'll have two champions rather than just one. And since your damage is relatively low in the early game, well, you just can't be quite as balsy as you used to be, now can you? And since you can only activate Creeping Death I'm sorry, Harvester of Sorrow, when an ally is nearby, the game kind of encourages you to go duo lane.

However, the changes to his Q also become one of Morde's biggest assets in the later game. I mean, have you seen the total damage scaling on this thing? 390% AD and 260% AP. That's no joke: I've seen the ability hit for a total of 900 damage mid game, and over 1700 late game. That means in a team fight, if you pull of a W-Q combo on a squishy (like the enemy ADC), they'll promptly be sent into oblivion. Sneak in an R and you get an easy phantom to deal more damage to your enemies. Before, you had to use your ult on targets when they were low, else your ability would be wasted. Now, if you can just stick to your target (Helloooooo item 3116 ) you have enough damage to completely destroy them before your ult wears off.

And that's not to mention the dragon pet everyone's been hearing about. It lasts about a minute, or until it's large health pool is emptied, and deals - well, dragon damage. It definitely has an impact in team fights, although with proper teamwork the dragon's definitely not unbeatable. The passive's called Dragon Force by the way. Need I explain this reference?

Long story short, yes, the early game is not easy for poor old Morde. You have to play a bit safer if you don't want to give the ennemy team to many kills. But it's definitely worth it. Late game, Mordekaiser becomes a freakin' monster. Remember the latest patch rundown, when Zirene said Morde was scary for him? Yeah, for having also played against a Mordekaiser, I definitely share that sentiment.

Mordekaiser isn't dead, people (Well, maybe he is, lore-wise but that's not the point). He's still very much alive.

Of course, feel free to share your personnal observations.

19 Comments

Vhalthoria8/21/2015, 2:50:18 AM4 votes

To anyone that never played him before or simply haven't do so in a solo lane he will look powerful. This is the ultimate slap to us who have been playing him for years. To you he might be a new toy, for us is our main champion taken from our hands to fill a role he's not even supposed to go in the first place.

This is not a good rework, this reword just made him weaker in order to force him to go duo. Old Morde wasn't a pussy like this one, Old Morde is numero uno and this one is nowhere as fun or effective.

The are better champions and complete ones for that matter that doesn't rely on other champions in order to be functional. This is a drastic fuck to him. What a way to go from one thing to another so different.

Old Morde was simply better than this version in everything.

Stay705738/21/2015, 1:22:28 AM3 votes

I genuinely don't have any real problems with this "new" morde except for 1 simple thing. No solo lane W. That just irritates me. Like could they really have not just let it be used solo at reduced everything with a longer cd?

Rozzeta8/21/2015, 4:15:53 AM1 votes

To sum it up, Mordekaiser is completely depending on a single overtuned skill in order to keep his game alive. It kind of reminds me of Karma Rework, as her Q damage also needed to go through the roof in order to make her feel satisfying to play.

Also Soraka players will see the no cost heal and cry themselves to sleep.

Only Play Darius8/21/2015, 4:17:24 AM1 votes

{quoted} The passive's called Dragon Force by the way. Need I explain this reference?

Yes please.

Stars Shaper8/21/2015, 12:12:19 PM1 votes

Outside of performance.

All his gameplay relies on unleashing an overwhelming 3rd Q on an enemy previously CCed by your team.

It adds nothing in terms of gameplay, it's a shift from old constant high damage to a new huge burst spike.

Paero8/21/2015, 12:16:01 PM1 votes

MORDEKAISER ES #126 HUE HUE HUE HUE HUE

Get it, cause theres 126 champs in the game ;/

I miss the old Morde. destroyer of top lane

MealReadytoEat8/21/2015, 1:09:11 AM1 votes

I'm mastery 5 with reworked Morde on PBE, and playing it on live now. I honestly don't think he's weak early game IF you have the right "support" with you. Xin Zhao and Volibear are my favorites.

Khaelodrin8/22/2015, 9:53:55 PM1 votes

For the record, Mordekaiser still dominates the solo lane. In fact, people don't expect the third Q-amped attack to deal so much damage; they stay close to you thinking they'll win the duel. Which results in easy kills^^

Khaelodrin8/21/2015, 1:15:21 AM1 votes

Yeah, I've read similar comments. I didn't exactly have the best ''supports'', in fact the only support I've had these last few games was a Nautilus. You know, two really slow melee guys aren't exactly the best thing. Neither is an ADC without CC paired with a Morde without CC.