So We've Come Full-Circle with Mordekaiser

Lord Boltrix··3 votes·515 views
12/11 PBE Update

The ability to cast W on minions has returned.

Now, be aware that this is my personal opinion.

But this tells me that once again, Riot has no idea what is wrong with Mordekaiser, since the entire reason they reduced the damage on his E and removed the W ability on minions and moved him to bot lane... was because they had no idea how to answer the toxic aspects of Mordekaiser's gameplay.

That is, the parts of Mordekaiser's kit that made him almost as unfun to play against in lane as a Yasuo, Riven, or Heimerdinger, namely being able to infinitely sustain and endure the most ridiculous poke and being unassailable sans a jungle gank while pushed far-out or facing at least three people trying to attack him under tower.

Edit: I'm not bashing Riot in my opinion, I don't think it's an issue of mere numbers that can be tweaked. My stance is simple in that to me, the rework gave Mordekaiser new tools and a better attempt to balance him with sustained damage versus the burst he had, but did not properly address the inherent issue of what made him so unhealthy that very little in terms of buffs could be given to him pre-rework, of which the burst itself was not the primary problem.

6 Comments

Helmight1 votes

The whole Morde rework is evidence to that fact. I think Riot had a few good ideas as to how to fix Morde, what with moving his kit towards a Q focus, but they didn't commit hard enough to one side over the other. The W changes are much appreciated, but until Mordekaiser gets a second rework, he won't be fine.

AtheosisX1 votes

Things like this are why many of us simply have no respect for Riot's balance team.

Helmight1 votes

I mean, I have respect for Riot's balance team, but when it comes to Morde they have ZERO idea of what to do.

AtheosisX1 votes

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I mean, I have respect for Riot's balance team, but when it comes to Morde they have ZERO idea of what to do.

Morde isn't an isolated case.

rG Thundrag1 votes

Wouldn't be surprised if he got nerfed for his w working in a solo lane considering the entirety of the ability's damage is quite high and the fact that it counts as 2 instances of damage letting you w+e from far away to proc thunderlords in lane

Ralanr1 votes

So he needs a gangplank level rework?

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