I cannot kill a Garen, Nor a Mordekaiser, It's just impossible

Nithke·1/4/2020, 5:09:45 PM·20 votes·11,087 views

I don't know how you do it but I can't, If i dont ban either of them and they're picked I just know I lost laning phase (which means 70% of the time losing the game as well if you're not playing a late game hypercarry that is made to survive shitty early games)

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FSRER1/4/2020, 5:25:13 PM21 votes

Mordekaiser is your permaban due to him being impossible to both gank and kill Garen on the other hand, is easier to beat especially early on. The easiest way to beat him is by outdamagin him early on. This can be done 2 ways.

  1. Playing a champion that does not care if he silences you or he spins on you and having easy engage and disengage. Examples of such champions are Irelia Jax Tryndamere
  2. Playing a champion that Garen simply can not damage while he gets easily damaged by them. Examples of such champions are Maokai DrMundo Gnar Sion I do not know what picks you play but if you need help on how to beat Garen just mention the champion you play

Edit: switched Poppy with Maokai Another edit: I picked Irelia up there because she can potentialy beat Garen if she plays it correctly. Her w can block a full Garen combo and with the right timing she can extremely punish him with a counter engage while Garen is on cooldowns, once she of course reaches full stack on passive. I remember some good Irelias managing to kill me in lane as Garen (mostly pre E conqueror Garen) and this is why I added her up there.

Frostfel1/4/2020, 9:09:21 PM7 votes

Mordekaiser has several counters/play arounds that make him easier to deal with. Garen is easier to deal with when you have medium/long range hard cc, ways to heal a lot since Garen is burst damage, or true damage.

Ways to Deal with Mordekaiser: item 3102 item 3814 item 3139 item 3140 item 3157, Champions that do well into him (may lose out at level 1, but scales better than him assuming not feeding him) DrMundo Darius Gangplank Garen Olaf Sion

All you have to do is pay attention to when he has his ult up or not, if you do you can abuse him by ganking him at the right times.

Anu3isII1/4/2020, 6:24:26 PM6 votes

Pick them up and try them. While you may not be a big fan of them, trying a champ is the best way to learn to fight them. I agree with everyone that their numbers currently are too high, but they aren't unmanageable.

After you had a bit of practice with them, pick your favourite champions again and try to exploit the weaknesses of these 2 when facing them. Think from both yours and opponent's perspective in the match-up.

Another easier/cheating method would be to counterpick them. That however isn't possible all the time, unless you pick their counters even when you pick before your opponent's top.

Asiaomo OG1/4/2020, 5:45:34 PM5 votes

Garen is very strong late game but weak early but Mordekaiser in the other hand is very strong and should be nerfed honestly..

Papi Nathan1/4/2020, 8:54:45 PM5 votes

Darius beats both. Never lose to those chumps with my boy big D.

Ashe mage AD1/4/2020, 6:20:31 PM4 votes

Depends on what champs you're playing also.

BigFBear1/4/2020, 9:04:43 PM3 votes

Morde ist just broken and need a nerf

Thresh Outta Fux1/4/2020, 10:36:05 PM3 votes

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I don't know how you do it but I can't, If i dont ban either of them and they're picked I just know I lost laning phase (which means 70% of the time losing the game as well if you're not playing a late game hypercarry that is made to survive shitty early games)

You can also bait people into playing specific champs based on your pick. Pre-buff Nasus, i baited opponents into playing him by firstpicking Yorick. I then proceeded to NEVER. SUMMON. A GHOUL. Q'd him every time he tried to farm, eventually shoved him out of lane or killed him. Went to base, bought executioners calling, summoned as many ghouls as I wanted.

My point is, look at the champions you do play, and see if there's another way to skin these cats, er, bruisers. Morde is my 3rd ban (Pyke Caitlyn Mordekaiser), but your GP should kick his ass with proper building and preparing your W for cancelling his R, and perhaps utilizing a item 3123 to cut his W healing.

If you can run a Tankplank abusing item 3211 then turning it into item 3065 for bonus heals on your W, and maybe buying item 3194 as well while relying on item 3748 for your damage, you should be able to survive and annoy him pretty well in mid/late game. Pick up some other items like item 3742 item 3812 item 3143 item 3083 to bolster your HP and damage from item 3748 for the later game.

Kled should also be viable under some of those item selections, but you really want to make sure you get the grievous wounds procs. A deaths dance and spectres cowl will probably be your saving grace once you have executioners calling.

As for Garen, that's an arms race for your other champs. Don't undervalue item 3153 and item 3082 items into him, reducing his attack speed will reduce his spin speed on E and his overall DPS against you on top of the armor you gain.

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Bork item 3153 is killer into tanks and bruisers. Players that know to utilize this and it's AP counterpart item 3151 are the ones that shut down and win against 10/0 Darius/Morde/Garen/Mundo/other tanky bruiser abusers.

3ternalkarma1/4/2020, 6:56:34 PM3 votes

just play Vayne top. yes i am recommending you be cancer

SmartGreat1/4/2020, 8:31:58 PM3 votes

Try killing mundo with spirit visage, warmog, thornmail and ocean drake soul. Even ignite and grevious wounds from items like mortal reminder can't help.

Lovelle1/4/2020, 8:49:28 PM3 votes

Trundle He can kill them both late game, and can counter them in teamfights. However, he's so gated early that you most likely won't reach that point.

ExplodingFist661/4/2020, 9:42:50 PM2 votes

Any champions with blinks and insane mobility (Zed Leblanc Akali) shut him down pretty hard. Even if Mordekaiser uses their ultimate on them, he will simply have too hard of a time trying to hit his abilities and getting stacks for his passive/conqueror. I've also considered Pantheon to be a strong counter to him, mostly because of the fact that his E negates basically all of his damage and his early game is much stronger.

On a side note, you shouldn't be getting hit by his E. The ability has such a slow cast time that any champion not slowed can easily walk out of it.

Eryl Fauna1/4/2020, 8:11:42 PM2 votes

item 3076 item 3123 item 3111 item 3140

Garret Faulken1/4/2020, 9:01:47 PM2 votes

garen is generally annoying. morde too.

here are a couple of great counters:

  • Shyvana wits end rush
  • Master Yi Wits end rush
  • riven can beat him but its hard and she needs a hexdrinker rush which slows her core build
  • fiora outdamages and heals him by miles
  • jayce can poke him down and kill him without taking too much damage
  • wits end rush volibear
  • tryn (obviously), but early game is hard, save your spin for disengage rather than engage when he procs his passive
  • chogath
  • trundle, steal your resistances back plus much higher dps and sustain in lane
  • rumble
  • udyr can outdamage him easily and the outplay potential with the champs kit is high
  • illaoi (fucking cancer, shes the one this thread should be about)
  • singed (ignore morde just farm and screw around, just dont be in a bad position when he has ult up

theres a ton of ways to deal with him

shyvana, yi, trundle are my best 3 picks out of those. Shyvana has sustained aoe damage like him although it is a little gated by cooldowns while his lasts indefinitely. But her % hp damage onhit after applying e, q damage and aa reset and cooldown reduction with each auto, ult stats, free mr from drakes, etc, works very well into him. Yi also, can alpha strike all his key abilities and with a wits end ruin him and keep outscaling him. Trundle is obvious, better sustain, better sustained dps, much stronger 1v1 ult.

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GentlemanGhidora1/5/2020, 3:09:53 AM1 votes

I just take Trundle into Garen. I don't even need Ignite when he has it. Force him to fight you. It might take a few engages but he's not going to win unless he is constantly sitting back not taking damage and missing farm to use his passive and even then you're going to win when you back with a gross item advantage which snowballs from there.

xHeimtechZX1/5/2020, 4:39:07 AM1 votes

Darius beats both (in lane at least). Mordekaiser has a pretty meh laning phase. Just MAKE SURE NOBODY ELSE COMES TOP because that is how Mordekaiser gets a free win off you. So tired of my team coming top and then suddenly Mordekaiser is fed and I can't do anything. The problem isn't so much about laning against Mordekaiser, its always "can your team not feed Mordekaiser?". Please ping if Mordekaiser is roaming because he's probably trying to find your jungler to kill, that is my strat with Mordekaiser when I'm behind. As OP as Mordekaiser is, he has high cooldowns in lane and two of his abilities are skillshots. His shield just makes him so forgiving to play so don't worry about not killing him, make sure he wastes that W and go in. Just be careful because his passive and his auto also hurts a lot so even if he misses everything, he can possibly still win. Use your minions to your advantage. After lane, he becomes a problem. Its not really your fault, its just Mordekaiser is really good right now. Although, if you just want to destroy him in lane, go Viktor. He is just so good against Mordekaiser. Viktor isn't really that hard to play for a three level difficulty champion, but idk, I mained him for mid years ago (with Heimerdinger and Ziggs) so I'm just used to his playstyle. Tbh, picking Darius into Mordekaiser is a hard skill matchup but it can work if you play it smart. Darius against Garen is more of a skill matchup, but Darius has the upper-hand as long as you don't let Garen run away. And he will, so just don't waste your E. Garen can stick on you so don't really depend on your Q. You win in extended trades with Garen. Don't make his passive activate. Garen isn't really that great in lane either. He just feels weaker than the other juggernauts, but he does get tanky later with his W. He becomes a problem if your team lets him splitpush. Look at his item build and build what is necessary.

RyzeRework1/5/2020, 9:15:56 AM1 votes

Just play fiora and take grasp

CyberPhobic1/5/2020, 12:07:45 PM1 votes

Garen? Darius Tryndamere Fiora Mordekaiser Jax Illaoi Kled Jayce Pantheon Riven Vladimir Vladimir Vladimir Vladimir Ryze half the roster beats him

Just ban Mordekaiser he is broken as shit

Grokmir1/5/2020, 3:43:35 PM1 votes

If you're good enough to block his q every time you can beat him with fiora pretty easily imo. He'll still roll you if you get behind tho.

Mooninites1/5/2020, 8:36:56 PM1 votes

I mean, Mordekaiser is just flat out broken and needs nerfs. He has few bad match-ups and can 1v2 really well. He's due for some pretty serious nerfs soon, I don't know what has taken so long.

Beerstein1/5/2020, 8:37:54 PM1 votes

What about Garen vs Morde?

Modl Ryden l1/7/2020, 5:18:56 PM1 votes

This is a glimpse into the upcoming tank meta. This is what y'all wanted, remember that. Having the unstoppable, unkillable tank fantasy that you can only find in an MMORPG.

WatchDogs Legion1/4/2020, 6:37:12 PM1 votes

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