Mordekaiser jungle viable?

Terabyte Marine·9/3/2015, 12:56:59 AM·1 votes·2,003 views

I've only currently played 3 games as morde jungle on the PBE but from what I have done, I've concluded that with the change to his w he can jungle to the same extent Warwick can.

His w basically makes him unkillable vs 3 or more jungle monsters. Skirmishing smite works with his q, so he is a decent duelist. The way his w works now is that it automatically casts to the nearest ally that comes in range, meaning that during any point in the cast (before the reactivation) if an ally comes within range it casts to them. This is what makes him a decent ganker, since he gives decent mobility to the laner as long as the lane isn't pushed.

I've done sated morde and cinder morde, both can work but it's probably best to go cinder morde since it works well with his kit.

These are the builds I've tried: item 3931 item 3078 item 3116 item 3143 item 3111 (didn't get to bulid last item) item 3717 item 3078 item 3116 item 3053 item 3111 item 3083

Overall I'd say he's stronger as a tank jungler than a carry jungler.

Anyone else have thoughts as to if this would work consistently or any thoughts in general about morde jungle?

9 Comments

Xrusa9/3/2015, 1:04:15 AM2 votes

There's still the massive problem of 0 cc when trying to jungle

ofart9/3/2015, 1:56:23 AM2 votes

No, not at all. Even Teemo JG is more viable.

Ackelope9/3/2015, 1:07:09 AM1 votes

Does Sated work with his Q like I think it does? As in, first AA applies first Q hit, then the 2nd (Sated) AA applies both the 2nd and 3rd Q hits? Regardless, I feel like Morde jg might feel something similar to Shyvana. Low mobility and CC, but pretty crazy dmg and tankiness, both sorta farm-based junglers. I'd say you could give it a few more shots, no reason not to :P

Big Lincoln9/3/2015, 1:11:31 AM1 votes

mord is a versatile-build jungler imo

he can use item 3709 item 3708 item 3930 somewhat decently, so he has a decent variety of items he can build and succeed with

sated devourer doesn't apply your Q multiple times or proc all 3 hits on a double-strike though. Runeglaive isn't amazingly great on him (Lich Bane goes much farther for him, being immobile AND generally having a big amount of AP when he wants to build it) but it helps him clear. Cinderhulk is probably the "least drawbacks" as far as the stats go, but there's the inherent flaw of you needing to fit in at least 1 or 2 damage items in your build, and it's usually best to get that first.

you could probably do something like item 3931 item 3748 and an assortment of tanky bruiser items to get beefy

Bârd9/3/2015, 2:50:18 AM1 votes

I build morde full AP. His Q has a 180% ratio on the third hit alone, and the W has a combined maximum ratio of 1.5