Possible Mordekaiser Change.
Ok, I know that there are a few other posts already out there about some proposed changes to Mordekaiser, but I just wanted to get a fresh one up and maybe see if we can pull some more attention from Riot.
To start, I personally love the idea of taking Morde back to a tankier bruiser rather than a glass cannon mage. The only issue at hand is that he lacks one of the most important parts of fitting a role like that. CC. I know that there have been many debates and rebuttals about giving him CC. In the end though he needs it to fit the role they want from him. So I want to propose one big change with a few minor ones to allow some CC in.
The main ability that sticks out to me is of course his W. With the recent changes Riot has brought forth a neat function with it, but I feel like we can take it a few steps farther. We can leave the current use effect when applied to allies there, but add in the ability to apply it to enemies as well (much like how Lulu can do). So lets say that if we use it on an enemy Mordekaiser gains 1/3 the bonus movement when moving towards the enemy afflicted (20 MS), and the enemy will also take a slow proportionate to the distance that Mordekaiser is to them. Now I am not talking about having a Nasus level slow when you get close, but maybe like maxing it at 50% when you get close enough. Now here comes the fun part XD. If Mordekaiser reaches you and the shields "touch" then you take a stun. The stun can be minor like a 1 to 1.5 sec stun. This could allow Mordekaiser to make more calculated picks of when to use it on an ally and when to get a good engage in.
Now with the above change we would have to scrape away some of his power. Not too much, but enough to make his early game bearable. The main problem for going against Mordekaiser is his E early on. With a flat 6 sec CD it can be spammed quite often due to cdr in the runes and masteries, on top of adding cdr in your build. Two options can be taken here to reduce the threat.
A.) Make the CD of the ability longer early on. (Something I also saw in one of the other posts about toning Mordekaiser E down)
B.) Shave either early flat dmg or scaling off from it. It would return to normal for mid and end game when points are added to it.
I know some people might not agree with these two changes, but I personally would like to see Mordekaiser with the ability to CC. I think that the W changes would add a sense of danger to being near him going into mid and end game. If anyone else has any other ideas that they would like to add feel free to drop them in below. I would love to see our beloved master of metal stomping across the rift once more =). 