Please fix Morde's W.

Bârd·Sep 3, 2019·9 votes·8,272 views

For those of who haven't played him, when you reactivate W, you instantly consume your shield and gain a heal... but the heal is delayed by a fraction of a second.

This is not mentioned anywhere on the ability, not even on the wiki, so I don't think it's intended, but it's a pretty big pain point on the champion.

For a split second between "consuming your shield" and "getting healed", you're left with nothing.

In 95% of matches this doesn't do anything other than make your heal less visually satisfying, but in those 5% of matches where it does come into play, you'll just feel cheated because "what the hell, my shield disappeared, I didn't get healed, and I died because of it."

12 Comments

Moody PSep 3, 20195 votes

Why are you using your heal at all in combat?

KatherineSep 3, 20194 votes

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Why are you using your heal at all in combat?

obviously a very specific scenario, but say you're in jinx R kill range, you W, and as you hit W again jinx R slams into you and you die because your heal has a very tiny delay! sure, with proper quick reaction you could've simply not hit W again, but either way, your heal should've just gone through instantly, there's no reason for it not to. the delay is clunky looking and it being gone wouldn't even affect his combat power (because, as you said, you shouldn't be using it in combat) definitely just a QoL change that should be made for the betterment of the champion

GigglesOSep 3, 20197 votes

Renekton shield destroy would have been a better answer.

EonslegacySep 3, 20193 votes

Pyke R Urgot R Garen R(and pretty much any percentage health execute) and a few others like Renekton 's W. There are tons of cases where the heal is stronger than the shield, and tons where the shield is better than the heal.

BârdSep 4, 20191 votes

If you know you're not gonna take enough damage in the remaining shield duration to break the shield, it's better to convert it into a heal.

KatherineSep 3, 20191 votes

the fewish times i've played morde i noticed this and i thought it was pretty silly, didn't screw me over but it was always in the back of my mind that it could, should be fixed if unintended and if intended, should be changed

NateLazerSep 3, 20191 votes

It may be anoying but changing this means giving morde a small buff and a buff is still a buff.. NO BUFFS FOR MORDE REEEEEEE

RyzeReworkSep 3, 20191 votes

I mean it just goes with the animation he reactivates it and pumps his chest and is healed it's how it was suppose to be. When you reactivate your casting a spell so you have to wait the spell timer

BârdSep 4, 20191 votes

Ok, so make him lose the shield when he's done pumping his fist, same time as the heal.

RyzeReworkSep 4, 20191 votes

yeah but hes taking the shield and putting it into him. i get it to me it makes sense

5050BSSep 3, 20191 votes

Panth E shield has this too.

The last bit when he has the blast out from the shield he is not blocking but the damage does not hit ether, its delayed.

For him that 5% is more like 20% where your blast would kill the enemy and the block is needed to survive but you lose the block so you die and the blast never happens. The Block needs to last the WHOLE duration.

Aatrox AirlinesSep 3, 20191 votes

As a morde player myself, i noticed this bug but never paid much heed to it because you generally dont want to consume your shield to heal in the middle of a fight, especially when youre about to die