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How am I supposed to solo lane Morde?

Count Zubat·8/20/2015, 1:30:22 PM·1 votes·723 views

Like, wow, it changed from pushing all day all night long to hugging a turret. Seriously. Two times I went solo lane Morde, I went against Garen. I can say one thing: this guy must be one of the hardest counters to new Morde. I decided to max E first, for farming from distance, because coming anywhere near this Garen was suicide. My first problem was simple: I can't use W. Great. Second problem: E's damage is a joke. Like really, a joke. I decided to build Phage>Rylai> Tytanic Hydra> Deadman's Plate (then I wanted to finish trinity and buy either Spirit Vissage or Banshee, but game ended). WIth such build, my E dealt 350 dmg. Wow. In order for his E to deal any damage, you have to build glass canon. But with Q being splitted into 3 hits, that's just useless. His Q is powerfull. Like crazy powerfull. But his other abilities? They're nothing. This rework transfered all the damage Morde had into his very hard to fully execute Q. His E is meaningless. His W is good only in duo lane. His movement speed was lowered which makes chasing enemies impossible, even with Phage + Rylai. Playing old Morde was fun for me. Playing that new one, I feel completely useless. Garen's destroying my turret, I am hitting him with everything I have and nothing happens. In teamfights I either have luck and start bursting, or am stomped like an ant. Whole game, I feel like I have some kills because I'm very, very lucky. Next thing: what am I supposed to build on him? Glass cannon? Yeah, damage is crazy, but I'm gonna die before I deal all that damage. Should I build AD? AP? He is now like old Sion when it comes to his ability scalings.Maybe building him off-tank? Yeah, new Morde is supposed to be a kind of hybrid off tank, isn't he? Well, I can say one thing: he had better, more reliable damage as an off tank pre-rework (sometimes on ARAMs, I built old Morde WotA, Abyssal, Randuin, Rylai and Spirit Vissage and I still dealt a lot of dmg). Right now, when building in such manner, the onlyability of his that deals damage is his Q. I don't know, maybe Morde is good on duo bot (I met one, he totally destroyed us), but solo, Morde is bad.

That's my first impression. I was pretty excited about this rework, I can say I was n the goup that tried to defend such design choices, but now, I see what all the people meant. I am gonna play him some more, try to find some good build, but after first 3 games I had, I feel really bad about him.

8 Comments

Bradley Dragon8/20/2015, 2:07:29 PM3 votes

max q and laugh as you 1 shot the poor enemy top laner on the 3rd hit

Ergono8/20/2015, 2:21:42 PM2 votes

I'm just going to be a jerk and say what needs to be said. If you don't really play and commit to Morde don't fill this thread with crap it is becoming ever so tiresome. The fact that you maxed E against Garen Pre 5.16 or Post displays either your lack of Morde knowledge or thought overall in your approach. Why would you max E, a skill that does more damage to you than your opponent who is cool down based and has to be close.

Your complaining over your own mistakes that you actually discussed very well yet didn't realize what you were doing is your problem. Garen has to commit to damage you this hasn't changed never will. So that means as he sticks to you your 3 autos stick to him. Its that simple.

He can't silence you because you will have activated Q right before he hits you forcing him to make a choice, spin and get mauled or gtfo.

Your build was fine Top lane should go Phage> Titan <-> Dead Man etc etc your execution and strategic planning are just flawed because you decided to play the E poke cool down game against a champ who beats you on cool downs. I'll give you a hint Pre 5.16 against champs like Garen, Zed, Yasuo, Riven you max Q unless you have outplayed them.