A page out of the Book of Heavy Metal (Unsealed Spellbook+Smite Morde bot, trust me not trolling)

Malicious Metal··33 votes·2,448 views

Gather around children and listen to this tale. It is one only spoken of in hushed whispers, from the infernal pits of Bronze V to the heavenly spheres of Challenger. 'Tis a tale of enemy tears, flaming teammates in champion select and never-ending torrential rains of LP...

This is the story of #UNSEALED SPELLBOOK SMITE MORDEKAISER BOTLANE

https://www2.pic-upload.de/img/34500192/unsealedmord.jpg


At first glance you'd probably flame your bot lane in champion select. Seeing them not only lock in Mordekaiser and Blitzcrank bot...But also both of them picking SMITE... But you're unable to dodge, since it's your last game of promos. Loading into game you'd come to notice something odd about the duo...

They're both running the rune "Unsealed Spellbook"... Intriguing...

https://www2.pic-upload.de/img/34500197/unsealedmord3.jpg

But slowly you'll come to realize that these madmen do not just play this strat for shits and giggles. No, there's a reason for this madness...

https://www2.pic-upload.de/img/34500195/unsealedmord2.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/299493047899521024/392729633059110923/Bildschirmfoto_2017-12-19_um_18.27.04.png

Both of them seem to rush item 3711 and after abusing the enemy Jungler, stealing their first two camps and maybe even killing the fool trying to stop them, they change their summoner spells to Ignite and Exhaust respectively, with Mordekaiser using GHOST later in the game for the improved mobility it provides...


But why is this working you may ask... Well, here's where things get technical.

Mordekaiser bot lane does not farm and scale like a regular ADC, he prefers to dominate the opposition and end the game as fast as possible, giving the enemy no chance at turning around and get any advantage.

With Unsealed spell book and smite, Mordekaiser and his Support are going to starve out the enemy jungler out of Xp before building the one item that offers so much...For so little money. Runic Echoes does give Mordekaiser a ton of useful stats: -Movement speed; probably one of Mord's favorite stats since he wants to run down the enemy and be mobile in the midst of a fight -AP: Morde's primary offensive stat -More Burst: The Runic Proc gives Morde a lot of early damage to pop the enemy, nobody expects a Luden's proc this early in the game and it also gives him better clearing

And of course: A LOT OF VISION CONTROL

Together with his Support, Morde won't need to invest into a Sightstone, but rather has all the wards he needs to stay safe in lane, snuff out the enemy Jungler, keep track of enemy movement and set up ambushes and skirmishes in their favor.

Unsealed Spellbook in itself is already great on Morde since he can transition from using summoner 14 for early game Snowballing to summoner 6 for late game mobility. Even something like summoner 1 can be useful against certain champions.

The Inspiration+Sorcery combo also gives Mordekaiser a TON of AP as well as EXTENDED POTION DURATION, which helps his early game Hp costs with stronger pots. And here's the kicker, Unsealed Spellbook also REDUCES summoner spell cooldown, making Morde, who relies on Flash/Ghost so much even more of a threat since his spells are going to be up so much more often, especially IGNITE for early game power.


All in all this Strategy was one of the best things coming out from the new Rune system. It offers a completely new play style that allows those with the Balls of Steel to try it to really BREAK the Meta and find new innovative ways to play the game. And it's not trolling by any stretch of the imagination as you're simply using all the tools Riot provided you with to really push the limits of how to destroy the opposition.

But that's for today's tale out of the Book of Heavy Metal. Tune in next time when we'll go over everything you need to know to take Mordekaiser into Season 8 ranked!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig-79E6VD1c

25 Comments

xDingwithsalad4 votes

No offense, but this is kind of a shitpost

Malicious Metal17 votes

I'd classify 90% of Gameplay threads as shitposts.

Auz the Ripper5 votes

10% of gameplay not being shitposts is pretty generous.

Velzard of Koz4 votes

10% are misplaced memes.

The Lexer4 votes

which are just better shitposts

HalcyonDweller8 votes

It's not a shitpost at all.

It's a unique playstyle that works, and they are sharing it to give the rest of us inspiration to try new unsealed spellbook strategies.

ChompyWulf1 votes

No offense, but your post is pure shitpost.

Anyone who knows anything of the boards shouldn't doubt or insult Malicious Metal posting about Morde.

Thefrostyviking2 votes

Vlad also seems to have benefited from unsealed spellbook from what i´ve heard, and from my own one time experience playing against it....it was really odd actually xD

Like, after playing the game for quite a long time i have kinda worked up a "sense" for how some champs play with certain summoner spells and i thus adapt a certain mentality when then seeing them in loading screen.

But then this vlad appears, at the start he rolled something likeflash+´teleport, so i worked hard to poke him outa lane and he eventually recalled, and used TP back.

But he came back with ignite+flash, and caught me out instantly x)

I gave him a nod for the excellent tactic, and went back to keep going.

We lane and harass back and forth for a while when he then suddenly recalls again after pushing me in, i shove back and hit his tower a little until he returns and he pushes out back halfway.

Then suddenly all ins me with ghost.

These are some examples where i try to illustrate how that keystone can really mess with a poor player who´s mindset is so set in stone, i am terrible at adapting when my opponent keeps switching around summoner spells which opened up new options to play around.

My conclusion? Unbound spellbook seems really strong on vlad at least x)

Troll for Trump2 votes

WR in ranked though?

Faustavian1 votes

Well don't take this in ranked.

Troll for Trump1 votes

The thing is he's promoting this as a winning, viable strategy.

It's also malicious metal, so people are even more likely to eat it up.

The last time MM (on that account, could smurf idk) played smite morde was 3 days ago, after 2 consecutive losses.

I don't think an entire post should be dedicated to promoting this strategy for ranked, and maybe even draft.

Faustavian1 votes

I do the same with Skarner support. It's perfectly viable for winning, but because of the chance it doesn't work as an offmeta it's not worth taking into ranked.

Mysticman891 votes

I feel like morde is one of those champs that always looks sexy when played in the hands of those who know what their doing but ends up being a awkward feed fest otherwise.

I got a few S ranks in aram that's maybe good enough for me, I don't need to bring shame to morde on the rift.

Sujiren1 votes

I was thinking of unsealed spellbook Darius for similar reasons. Regarding the smite, do you start stealing camps before minions come to lane, or later on when you pushed waves into enemy turret?

Owntrolf1 votes

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I was thinking of unsealed spellbook Darius for similar reasons. Regarding the smite, do you start stealing camps before minions come to lane, or later on when you pushed waves into enemy turret?

Assist jungler with their first buff, tank 2-3 hits and smite for hp back

Z3Sleeper1 votes

Unsealed is good on Darius regardless of jg cheesing. He relies a ton on his summoners and being able to swap from flash tp to flash ghost helps a ton later on where his mobility starts to hurt him alot.

Heck, just look at this:

http://www.probuilds.net/champions/details/Darius

A few top players opt for spellbook in some comps. Hell maybe the only reason they all don't is because they don't know yet.

D357R0Y3R1 votes

so both the blitzcrank and morde take relic shield no sightstone but item 1410 both get runic to burst....

well done

HalcyonDweller1 votes

Thanks for the inspiration! Now I need to try Smite+Teleport top and just start in the enemy jungle like I do anyways when I'm a jungler XD

Any suggestions for starting items most likely to work for this? Do I have to start a jungle item to be able to do the camp or could it be pulled off with a normal laning item? I guess I'll have to find out tonight with practice mode.

glava2221 votes

sounds hilarious to play, and quite depressing for the opposing jungler also immediate +1 for dream evil

Selegun1 votes

Nice job getting it to work. I had a feeling that would be a good rune on Morse but have not had enough times to play it for myself.

THE RlVER KlNG1 votes

sounds pretty funny actually

double melee bot is for real men only - try ornn sion its the most fun ive ever had playing bot lane

Owntrolf1 votes

Ive been playing smite support xerath for a long time xd my screts pls

stone the blacks1 votes

Am I the only one who attempted to read this in the narrator voice from the grinch?

Ahri Baka1 votes

Sounds fun xd well done

sutora31 votes

should I try it in ranked or normals first?

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