@Riot Mordekaiser main frustration with inconsistent design rhetoric
I apologize for being apart of the Morde community that continues to beat a dead horse and then takes its ghost and beat it to death.
But every time I analyze Riot's comments about Morde and Juggernauts and look at the current landscape of the game it becomes fairly frustrating to hamstrung by ill-advised design decisions.
The main thing I want to discuss in this post is the EXP passive with Morde's W.
- 50% EXP on last hit is virtually worthless now (just to get that out of the way)
- It is highly restrictive as it requires an ally present.
- After laning phase (or lvl 6-9) the passive becomes useless.
- It doesn't actually support his kit (actually his kit is fairly obscure when you look at it)
This is in stark contrast to
who in my opinion are the only actual Juggernauts.
Garens W Passive: +30 Armor/MR
Darius E Passive: 25% Armor is ignored.
To keep things simple I want to single out Darius and why Riot's "excuses" and direction for Mordekaiser does not make any sense.
They want Morde to be a ramp up damage champion not a burst damage dealer. Nothing in his kit ramps up damage. Yes his Q has 3 levels, but after the 3rd hit the ramp takes a significant nose dive.
Lets look at Darius the true Ramp up damage champ. After stacking his blood stacks his damage ramps up +200AD. Kill someone with his ult and his ramp up is sustained it never falls off until its gone. With his Armor ignore passive and buying
everything synergizes once he builds up his offense.
This is the exact opposite of Mordekaiser. He has no ramp up damage he is still a burst damage dealer. I do not know how Riot does not see this. His Iron Man Passive does not aid in ramping up damage, actually it takes away from it due to itemization if you focus on health forcing his ultimate to be a finisher from his Q burst. But this is completely different from what his E is supposed to do and his W which is just a complete mess.
Iron Man- Be a Tank Q-"Ramp" up BURST damage (it doesn't sustain) W- No real identity, I won't even go into Solo lane issues. W passive doesn't even support the ability (see: Garen, Darius) E- Sustain tool R- Bipolar either you focus on this or on Iron Man Passive & Q. This needs to actually be reworked. Cut the duration in half, make damaged based on Morde's %HP instead of a ghost Morde absorbs the soul and extends his abilities (See Noxian Might or a Morde Double that acts like devourer), attack range etc etc. Yes it might be time for Morde's ghost to go away and just make him stronger.
@Riot if you want to fix the Mordekaiser mess you have to make a decision on what exactly he is. His Q is actually an issue there is no way in its current state it can 1. Ramp up 2. Sustain the consistent damage over time some time its a burst ability. I actually like his E now and the 25% shield on champion. Iron Man being % HP is fine. But Q,W,R are an issue. They don't compliment each other there is no synergy and overall they aren't juggernaut skills.
If you keep the W the same its passive needs to heal mordekaiser for X% of damage dealt. Its a damage/heal ability the passive can only synergize by increasing his sustain capabilities.