@CertainlyT/Riot. I hope you're happy about making Morde the new Cassiopeia
((Disclaimer, this may be a bit too spiteful for some of you so proceed with caution. Sorry))
Seriously, it's the same pattern ALL OVER AGAIN
You took a champion with an established identity and dedicated player base and warped it into something only vaguely resembling their old self. Instead of expanding on their core themes (Master of Metal and Poison Mage respectively) you made them one trick ponies with gimpy abilities only to label them as "Fixed" and move on. They're debatably stronger, yes, but at what cost?
Cassio; DoT poison mage----------->Urgot 2.o with her QEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE combo "Unfair" advantage with her free detacap Increase in her already toxic (hue) bully play style and unhealthy gameplay patterns One trick pony due to her Machine gun nature OP on release only to be nerfed into a playable state while keeping her problematic aspects. Even starker weaknesses and strengths
Mordekaiser; Undead Overlord of Metal---------->Tag team buddy with ghastly fart effects Durable due to passive AR/MR W--------->Deceivingly tanky due to items AoE damage--------->single target annihilation Solo laner-------->Gimped ADC replacement bot Unfair XP passive and gimped Dragon clone Even less mobile (How is that even possible) Unhealthy Q mechanic; Hit it-> You win You don't?->Die miserably Nerfs to his unique and iconic features Lane bully nature still intact in duo lanes-----> 2 people get pissed off instead of one Op on release only to be nerfed into a sub par state. >Same old issues with the addition of gimmicky abilities all the while making him even more toxic
But everything's GREAT, isn't it? At least CertainlyT's lovechild Darius' having a blast, only having received positive changes and getting his identity even more cemented.
Seriously I thought you had learned your lesson with what you did to poor Cass.
Now Morde's bound to be....Hit It Nauti!
"Lost.....And forgotten..."
Hope you're sitting comfortable in your seat of pure gold if this entire mess could have been solved with only a little community feedback/interaction but you guys get paid either way. In the end these reworks should have been handled by designers who actually CARE about the champion's identity and themes and expand upon them and make them fit into league rather than make them these Gimped abominations....
//Rant//
was not OP on release in the slightest. She was actually complete trash right after her rework, literally something like 32% winrate and it was a testament to how bad the rework was by design, so much of her power was loaded onto her gimmicky/unfair passive that she wouldn't be able to make use of many games because she lost early. They left her in that garbage state for a couple of months before they actually reworked (yes they had to rework a kit that they just remade a few patches before) her passive and twin fangs before she became useful.
the same treatment post-rework too. How can I guess? Because both of their reworks were unwarranted. They both only announced changes were happening when they were close to ready for PBE, and any feedback they wanted was to make sure that their ideas wouldn't break the game and look for bugs, not if what they have was actually good or not, that part was already damn cemented in their heads. No one wanted the Cass rework to go through, same with Morde. Not the fanbase, not the pros (I doubt they had an opinion one way or another), not the rest of the playerbase that has to play against their new "healthy" kits. Just Riot, and only Riot, thinking that any change they make will always be for the better.
Change is good!
Yet Mordekaiser was an Old champion with established character and Identity and a dedicated Playerbase up to boot.
Best course of action would have been to build on his core themes rather than make the same mistakes over and over and over again.
and then fail hard due to being straight out damaged by the enemy adc. or they build AD wreck face because the enemy team doesn't realize to be wary of the third Q and get half their hp dropped.