The backbone of any Champion

(I’d like to apologize in advance for the quality and language of this post, it being 5 in the morning and the first thing I saw being the title changes makes me want to punch a wall so bear with me)

Champion design 101 Behind every of the 120+ champion lies a core theme, their character, their heart and soul. This is the fundament on which all their skills and moves are based, their lore is written and they’re brought to life by. It’s the essence of the champion, if you hear Darius you instantly think of a grim noxian general that dunks people and who’s unbelievable loyal to Noxus.

Now think about Morde. Metal? Undeath? Dragons? Spooky Skeletons? Pain? Suffering?

What was the underlying problem with the rework strikes again with the title changes; A complete lack of understanding and cohesive vision for the Murder Emperor.

Hecarim: An undead Centaur spectre that leads the charge and tramples everything underfoot ->The Shadow of War, heralding the approach of the undead armies

Karthus: A man who sees death as nothing terrible but another beginning, a better life. ->The Deathsinger, speaking of the countless benefits of Death and how enlightening it is.

See, this is what Mordekaiser lacked. His Title only being there for show but deeply anchored in the huearts of the League community. And Instead of giving him an identity fit for a true King of Death they went the lazy route and completely scrapped what made him unique.

**“Lord of Death”…. ** First of all Death wasn’t his element to begin with, he was always seen as conquest , pain, metal and general badassery What we got was something an edgy teen would come up with. How does this new title fit him? He’s still got his iron man passive, his mace of spades and generally plays more like a real dark warrior than an deadMcDead king of Death.

I saw this coming ever since they took away his metal effects but for the love of god icebox the poor guy before you can do any more harm to both his identity and those foolish enough to still cling to what once was the Master of Metal.

And if you really want to change his title, which you certainly will, try and go with something more endearing, something grand, something with a nice ring to it and something that differentiates him from the likes of Karthus.

-Corrupter of Souls (Metal reference for Redeemer of Souls) -Paladin of Pain (His whole pain theme) -The Master of Murder -Aspect of Anguish

Anything else than Lord of Death really since it’s really bland and unimaginative and certainly just seems like a huge middle finger to the last few Morde mains out there.

Homogenizing is Bad Yes, the factions need to have a core theme to them but making them all cardboard cutouts with a different paintjob is not the way to go. Not all Piltover champions have bizarre hextech constructs, not all Zaun champs are freaks.

Not all Shadow Isle champions should be affiliated with death alone. Every one has their own spin on the matter, Thresh being torment, Hecarim War, Karthus acfeptance. Morde shouldn’t be the Lord of Death since it instantly puts him above all without any context, hell he’s even higher up the foodchain than kindred with this title so please pin down a real core theme for him.

This title change feels halfassed just like the rework and both spawned from the same problem: A LACK OF CORE THEME FOR MORDEKAISER.

What perfect news to start off one’s day //sigh//

I see you all in the evening, until then; Metal shall prevail!

~Malicious Death, Lord of Morde threads