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So when Riot would nerf Mordekaiser?

US Marine E5 B3··22 votes·11,728 views

Or if you think that his problem is only the rune

Then when Riot would reduce the amount of AP it gives?

And maybe the healing? cause right now Morde and Cass And ryze abuse that rune and having free spellvamp and free 80AP

So can we nerf morde or the rune so we can have some balance on top lane and mid lane?

59 Comments

Troll Slaiyer16 votes

-5 movespeed

thefatlazycat5 votes

honestly on a champ without dashes we might see that nerf actually have some meaning. Minimal meaning still, but some meaning compared to irelia and kassadin

Emperor Talquin13 votes

While i'm not defending Ryze, taking conqueror on ryze is Inting, he is so much stronger with phase rush.

Again, not defending ryze, fuck that champion.

Do a full mage item nerf, increase gold on zhonyas etc.

CRIMSONFKR3 votes

I would love to see Ryze's spells cost three times more the mana simply for the fact he builds so much mana that mana management is nonexistent on him.

And nerf Phase Rush on range it only purpose is tp be the anti melee rune since there not many reason to pick up on a melee champ.

Daddy Ants2 votes

[{quoted}](name=Emperor Talquin,realm=EUW,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=UFRYK140,comment-id=0005,timestamp=2019-12-29T03:51:49.633+0000)

While i'm not defending Ryze, taking conqueror on ryze is Inting, he is so much stronger with phase rush.

Again, not defending ryze, fuck that champion.

Do a full mage item nerf, increase gold on zhonyas etc.

We need a 8.11 but for Mages.

Emperor Talquin1 votes

Agreed.

SirTauntsALot1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Emperor Talquin,realm=EUW,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=UFRYK140,comment-id=0005,timestamp=2019-12-29T03:51:49.633+0000)

While i'm not defending Ryze, taking conqueror on ryze is Inting, he is so much stronger with phase rush.

Again, not defending ryze, fuck that champion.

Do a full mage item nerf, increase gold on zhonyas etc.

Full damage nerf. AD and AP .. let tanks become relevant once again.

Emperor Talquin1 votes

That would probably work, it would make % armour pen items look important since no adcs build it right now.

Voluug131 votes

Do a full mage item nerf

Oh so, instead of nerfing Ryze and AP assassins, lets nerf an entire class that is mostly out of meta currently?

Thats how you get mage supports in botlane.

Emperor Talquin1 votes

I would rather lane a mage than an unkillable tank like nautilus or leona, who do more damage than the adc in lane.

3ternalkarma1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Emperor Talquin,realm=EUW,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=UFRYK140,comment-id=000500030000,timestamp=2019-12-30T17:44:07.574+0000)

I would rather lane a mage than an unkillable tank like nautilus or leona, who do more damage than the adc in lane.

no.... no you would not lol laning vs a good support Zyra Brand Lux is legit aids and you know it

Emperor Talquin1 votes

Maybe i will agree with zyra, but the other 2 are predictable.

Emperor Talquin1 votes

Maybe i will agree with zyra, but the other 2 are predictable.

Voluug131 votes

Tank Supports have always done more damage that ADCs early in the game. They are champions with high bases low ratios that scale pretty badly midgame onwards.

Also thats not the point. The point is that mages shouldnt pay the price because Ryze is, surprise surprise, broken.

Death by Glamour6 votes

Likely if the pros pick him up, its usually the only reason nerfs happen now.

ProphetOfDraven2 votes

Shaco and Kassadin nerfs just staring at you.

Raid Boss Morde5 votes

The stats Conqueror gives isn't too high, it's just the healing, needs to be lowered to 12% or 10%.

30 AD / 50 AP is just the cherry on top, but if you nerf the AP, the AD needs to get nerfed too.

Emperor Talquin1 votes

Don't forget that 50ap turns into 70ap when the user gets a deathcap. The Ap should be reduced by half.

Raid Boss Morde1 votes

Ok, but not every champ gets Dcap. Don't forget that Infinity Edge or any crit increases the damage dealt through the 30 AD as well :)

If the AP goes to 25, then the AD would have to go to about 15 to make it even in gold value.

Emperor Talquin1 votes

Yes, but crit is only consistant after you get 3 items.

The gold difference makes. I wouldn't mind dropping conqueror to 15ad, after all the last conqueror was about that much, anything to remove the stupid amount of ap it gives.

mark60281 votes

[{quoted}](name=Raid Boss Morde,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=UFRYK140,comment-id=000a,timestamp=2019-12-29T06:47:23.998+0000)

The stats Conqueror gives isn't too high, it's just the healing, needs to be lowered to 12% or 10%.

30 AD / 50 AP is just the cherry on top, but if you nerf the AP, the AD needs to get nerfed too.

Why would you have to nerf a measily 30 Ad lol? Fuck off with your braindead trash pick. Be glad you are able to build cheap broken items on him.

Raid Boss Morde1 votes

Why would you nerf the AP? Conq gives the same stats for AD and AP, so nerf one and you have to nerf the other

spookdegrace3 votes

Few ideas-

  1. Make his abilities cost health again and that health is stored into his w. Right now he is a manaless shoving machine. If he's even on gold for the game he can E-Q a wave and clear it instantly.

  2. Lower Q ISO damage.

  3. If u don't do idea 1, make his W store way less. He gets like an 800-1000 health shield mid game sometimes, that's insane! Lower its max health ratio

ChiefDovahkin1 votes

{quoted}

Few ideas-

  1. Make his abilities cost health again and that health is stored into his w. Right now he is a manaless shoving machine. If he's even on gold for the game he can E-Q a wave and clear it instantly.

  2. Lower Q ISO damage.

  3. If u don't do idea 1, make his W store way less. He gets like an 800-1000 health shield mid game sometimes, that's insane! Lower its max health ratio

I find this really well thought out. There's zero gating on how effortlessly he shoves the wave in most matchups. Any champ this brainless and simple requiring zero setup should not be this strong in lane in addition to creating minion advantages and having great sustain.

A lot of players don't respect his sustain, but there's very few meta champs that have any sustain top lane outside of starting items. Also, basically every other active shield has been nerfed for obvious reasons and riot decided to slap one on their wayyyy overstatted ap bruiser (sort of a joke bc he actually just builds full burst mage). Morde 100% needs targeted nerfs, conqueror doesn't perform nearly this well on almost any other bruiser.

Hash said it best, champs like morde don't need free magic pen and isolation damage when they're already ap. Just being ap is a damage buff in itself when you look at base stats.

Venicillous1 votes

{quoted}

I find this really well thought out. There's zero gating on how effortlessly he shoves the wave in most matchups. Any champ this brainless and simple requiring zero setup should not be this strong in lane in addition to creating minion advantages and having great sustain.

A lot of players don't respect his sustain, but there's very few meta champs that have any sustain top lane outside of starting items. Also, basically every other active shield has been nerfed for obvious reasons and riot decided to slap one on their wayyyy overstatted ap bruiser (sort of a joke bc he actually just builds full burst mage). Morde 100% needs targeted nerfs, conqueror doesn't perform nearly this well on almost any other bruiser.

Hash said it best, champs like morde don't need free magic pen and isolation damage when they're already ap. Just being ap is a damage buff in itself when you look at base stats.

I agree with no.2 but I can list out a couple of top champions that can beat morde. Example Illaoi would win laning against morde because of her E. Morde in early games cannot stack himself that much health and Illaoi can just drain him. Please argue back. Darius. His Passive his better than Mordekaiser and is a better early game champ. Teemo. New meta to beat mordekaiser. It all around in YouTube . Tho I still believe mordekaiser should still be nerfed a bit. No.2 is a great choice

ChiefDovahkin1 votes

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I agree with no.2 but I can list out a couple of top champions that can beat morde. Example Illaoi would win laning against morde because of her E. Morde in early games cannot stack himself that much health and Illaoi can just drain him. Please argue back. Darius. His Passive his better than Mordekaiser and is a better early game champ. Teemo. New meta to beat mordekaiser. It all around in YouTube . Tho I still believe mordekaiser should still be nerfed a bit. No.2 is a great choice

These are fair, but Illaoi, Darius, and Teemo are nothing late game compared to Mordekaiser and even in the early game they can be outplayed by his absurd % hp damage (except for teemo probs). Most people don't even consider Illaoi and Darius real lane bullies anymore because of how defined their damage is and in upper elo, they don't perform exceptionally well in lane where Morde stays consistent. Additionally, Morde does have the option to farm from range and gets pretty safe after just fiendish codex. My go to is Darius into Morde, but it's very reliant on Morde messing up and letting you get your passive going. It's also pretty easy to lose the matchup if you eat qs due to minion block or if Morde just plays safe and outscales. Regardless, the late game power behind his R is really incredible for a supposed bruiser that can 3 shot squishies.

Z3SIeeper2 votes

It gives 50 AP btw.

thefatlazycat2 votes

Honestly, forget a nerf, just give him a minirework, they minireworked diana, they're minireworking sylas, next can morde have that minirework we've all been discussing here on the boards?

cQaAlma2 votes

I think you mean " so when is riot gonna balance the game at all?"

2gudaiya2 votes

remember when everyone wanted conq nerfed because the people that were supposed to use it were using it? hahaha I don't remember that either - slaps knee-

consensuaI clown2 votes

Just make his passive durate 3 to 9 seconds base on level and give it actual cooldown

The Highest Noon2 votes

Playing against Mord is somewhat unfun for me since I enjoy playing bruisers and fighters. The problem I find is that his dps is extremely high compared to his survivability. I think that I'm just playing against him wrong, though. I'm always afraid of when he'll pop his shield and then I won't be able to damage him, but he never does. He heals then builds his stacks right back up. I can't find room to outplay him because his kit always allows him to cover for his own mistakes.

KnightOfEloHell2 votes

If you can learn to land sweetspots, pick up Aatrox. Trade with Morde, use your knockups on Q to keep him from stacking his passive. The trick to beating Morde, is doing trades before his passive is up. Guerrilla Warfare, bb. The Morde will get tilted, LMFAO.

Things to make Morde not have an ult to use: Gangplanks oranges Morgana Spell Sheild Siver Spell Sheild Edge of Night Any type of spell sheild Cleanse Olaf R Mercurial Schmitar QSS

Source: over 1.3 million on Morde. I play Morde and also know how to play against him.

Also Olaf is one of the best Morde counters. Build lifesteal and Spirit Visage, you'll whole ass outheal his damage. It's HALARIOUS. I recommend maxxing E first into a Morde as Olaf. Also Sanguine Blade is busted right now. You can abuse that; a great broken item on Olaf

The Highest Noon1 votes

I'll give that a try, but admittedly Olaf is perhaps the only champion that I've NEVER had success playing. Edit: Thank you for the advice. :D I'll keep that in mind when playing against him.

Woodakoodashooda2 votes

Mordekaiser does need nerfed

He is a top tier pick with few to no real counters. He builds damage and enjoys more sustain than any given tank while dealing burst level damage.

His passive is overloaded and is, in my opinion, the problem area.

I don't mind his ultimate. It's easily dealt with by either building QSS or kiting him until it ends.

Nerf his passive, riot. Please nerf his passive.

KnightOfEloHell1 votes

No. Nerf Conqs healing for DoT and AoE.

Mord's passive does 1-3% hp per second. It's not that much. Morde already has gotten 9 nerfs since rework, and reworked Morde is MUCH weaker than pre rework Morde. Anyhow, Morde is an immobile melee champ. Having other, faster, ranged champs out damage a slow melee champ isn't really fair.

5050BS2 votes

Because he is not over the 56% win rate Riot said is the nerf line.

He is at 54% mid and 52% top all other are under 48%

KnightOfEloHell1 votes

Meanwhile, Aatrox sits at 44% with no buffs...

Shapiro2 votes

Revert him. Both parties would be happy.

Garret Faulken1 votes

as an prework morde main i agree. been saying this many times. The issue is his passive.

Too easy to proc if he lands e, not all that hard to proc if he doesnt also. The bonus movepeed and insane, but refreshing dot aura is too strong. it does shyvana level of aoe damage and it isnt gated by cooldown.

The passive needs either reduced damage, a duration before going on cooldown, or at least a cooldown of its own thats significant like 8-12 seconds that gives u a window to fight him again.

Only the strongest bullies up top can beat him early, and even then its usually if he misses his grab and doesnt start the dot with a quick e q auto combo.

Allow us to go even or even lose the first trade when we or he engage on one another, but have him need to back off for a bit before he can pressure with that insane passive again. it needs a significant 10-12 second cooldown given that anyone that isnt darius and is applying his own insane dot loses the trade so hard.

HideSide1 votes

I thing that problem with morde lies in that he can really easily set situation up for heavy chunks followed by R when enemy has HP low enough.

  1. Make his abilities cost health again and that health is stored into his w. Right now he is a manaless shoving machine. If he's even on gold for the game he can E-Q a wave and clear it instantly.
  2. Lower Q ISO damage.

This is good, but I think that he just shouldn't have just so big raw dmg ( not in early ). His Q should be little bit thinnier to punish him by missing it and also have removed that bonus DMG because of combination with his R ( its quite unfair to do almost 1/2 health bar on E auto R Q on lvl 6, well is whole combo, but he has fKin AP boost on autoattacks with DoT). Someone who is DPS focused should not chunk so well. Imagine Yi doing 1/4 of your HP just because he bought 60 ad jungle item ( idc that he buys the one with AS, this is just an example).

To be more precise, its not his Q which makes him strong, its the combination of all he has. Strong DPS passive, 20% bonus dmg on Q rank 1, % MR pen on E and ult that takes your stats and gives him free pass to his Q bonus DMG, In short, there should be direction to where he should be directed and not be demi-master of all trades and he should rely on one thing not to have others to compensate his lack of one direstion ( He lands EQ to chunk you but then finish you with passive, if EQ wasnt enough and you cant outdamage him because he hit you with those spells) He should keep his identity as raid boss but should not be able to kill others so easily, so gutting only his passive for the sake of W and Q is a way + making Q thinner so that he can keep his HIGH dmg on it ( I wouldnt mind even buffing it since it does not do so much dmg without passive

The Swift Yordle1 votes

To be honest Morde needs to lose something in his kit. He needs to either lose his aoe damage passive. Or he needs to lose the heal and keep a shield instead. Having both is disgustingly OP.

Or he needs a long ass CD on his W and E to prevent his constant engage, disengage and healing.

Clockwork Mouse1 votes

Ap itemization is the issue. Has been for a while now. It is why he is so tanky while putting out so much damage.

ßreak1 votes

imagine thinking ryze and cass still abuse the rune, oh wait, silver

KnightOfEloHell1 votes

Morde has already received 9 nerfs since his rework. It's Conq that made him stronger.

It's because when Conq is fully stacked, and his passive is up, he is dealing percent hp AoE DoT, healing for that damage

If you want it nerfed, but not gut Conq, Morde, or other Conq users, just reduce Conqs healing on AoE and DoT just like other healing things in the game, like Gunblade and DD. It's very simple, really.

CarneDElev

Everything about the game is fine now,Morde is pretty balanced,if anything he should get a buff on his e that increases the casting speed and the Magic Pen so he can have an easier time against tanks.Champions that need nerfs are ahri and galio.

Tentacle Advisor1 votes

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Everything about the game is fine now,Morde is pretty balanced

No, it isn't. And no, he isn't. From Bronze to Diamond, Mordekaiser hovers around 53-55% Win Rate, with an abysmal pick rate. Couple this with the fact that he has a Ban Rate of 30%, from Bronze to Diamond, and it clearly suggests that something is seriously strong with the champion. Whether he can be considered OP or not, is irrelevant. He's clearly too strong and needs nerfs. Hell, even in Master/Grandmaster, he hovers around a 14-15% Ban Rate, despite having a Win Rate below 50%. This suggests that, even though he doesn't perform as well in these high elo's compared to the rest of the elo tree, those players can still see that Morde is too strong.

So, as General Esdeath mentioned earlier ITT, "this isn't Memes and Games."

Champions that need nerfs are ahri and galio.

This seems like a biased statement, considering both of their pick rates are low.

In Ahri's case, her pick rate (which, mind you, never goes over 8% according to U.GG) suggests that only her mains play her and they do rather well on her. (Her Win Rate sits, from Bronze to Master, hovers around 51-52%) So, in my opinion, she neither needs buffs, nor nerfs. She's fine how she is.

Galio, on the other hand, has an abysmal pick rate (only just barely hitting 3% in Challenger). And, unlike Mordekaiser, the only time Galio hits 50% Win Rate is when he's played in Silver and Grandmaster. If you ask me, these stats suggest that Galio could use a few buffs, not nerfs. (i.e. He needs some type of viable compensation for the removal of his Flash+Taunt)

Literal IRL Tree2 votes

[{quoted}](name=Tentacle Advisor,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=UFRYK140,comment-id=000b0000,timestamp=2019-12-29T08:35:42.846+0000)

No, it isn't. And no, he isn't. From Bronze to Diamond, Mordekaiser hovers around 53-55% Win Rate, with an abysmal pick rate. Couple this with the fact that he has a Ban Rate of 30%, from Bronze to Diamond, and it clearly suggests that something is seriously strong with the champion. Whether he can be considered OP or not, is irrelevant. He's clearly too strong and needs nerfs. Hell, even in Master/Grandmaster, he hovers around a 14-15% Ban Rate, despite having a Win Rate below 50%. This suggests that, even though he doesn't perform as well in these high elo's compared to the rest of the elo tree, those players can still see that Morde is too strong.

So, as General Esdeath mentioned earlier ITT, "this isn't Memes and Games."

This seems like a biased statement, considering both of their pick rates are low.

In Ahri's case, her pick rate (which, mind you, never goes over 8% according to U.GG) suggests that only her mains play her and they do rather well on her. (Her Win Rate sits, from Bronze to Master, hovers around 51-52%) So, in my opinion, she neither needs buffs, nor nerfs. She's fine how she is.

Galio, on the other hand, has an abysmal pick rate (only just barely hitting 3% in Challenger). And, unlike Mordekaiser, the only time Galio hits 50% Win Rate is when he's played in Silver and Grandmaster. If you ask me, these stats suggest that Galio could use a few buffs, not nerfs. (i.e. He needs some type of viable compensation for the removal of his Flash+Taunt)

There is absolutely no way anyone that plays this game actually thinks Mord is balanced

Tentacle Advisor1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Adequate Top,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=UFRYK140,comment-id=000b00000000,timestamp=2019-12-29T09:50:26.751+0000)

There is absolutely no way anyone that plays this game actually thinks Mord is balanced

Wait, I'm confused. Are you quoting me, to agree with me, or for something else?

Literal IRL Tree1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Tentacle Advisor,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=UFRYK140,comment-id=000b000000000000,timestamp=2019-12-29T10:07:56.818+0000)

Wait, I'm confused. Are you quoting me, to agree with me, or for something else?

Agreeing with you, Mord is absolutely BONKERS rn

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