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Trying to improve my Mordekaiser game

Zylvan Bane·12/19/2018, 9:02:52 AM·1 votes·1,865 views

Hey everyone, I've been playing Mord for about a year now, I have him to M5, and I love his ability to smash lanes and bully enemies. I'm having some issues, with him, however, and I'd love some advice that others have successfully tried.

For the most part, I play tank characters. I love the ability to soak damage and really team fight in the late game. Because of Mord's abilities, I try to build him more to my play style, outfitting him with a Rod of Ages, Morelnomicon, Liandries, and Sorc Shoes in most all games I play with him. My final items are typically something like Void Staff, Banshee's Veil, or Rylai's. I know a lot of people use Protobelt on him, but I usually don't. I don't usually dive with him, but play him more like swain.

My runes for him are Sorcery (Aery, Orb, Transendance, Scorch) and Domination (Taste of Blood and Ravenous Hunter) with Offense, Flex and Defense. I usually focus on my W, E and then Q to just apply a lot of lane pressure and sustain. I play him both in Top and Bot lane.

My situation is pretty much this. Mord starts off trading pretty well in most cases. (better on top unless I have a good support). Normally my first item is either Catalyst (sustain) or Blasting Wand (if I'm already ahead). I normally play a really strong early and mid game with him, but in the late, I just fall apart. Granted, this build is a little slower in scaling, but it does give him a lot of sustain for smashing his lane and moving into mid game team fights. I'm looking for other builds and ideas that might help me improve my game with him.

I'd prefer to find a better way to build him like a tank/mage juggernaut of some kind. His poor escape and crap mobility means things have to die with him or he has to just sustain himself long during team fights. Any recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks.

3 Comments

Malicious Metal12/19/2018, 1:50:02 PM3 votes

Hey there, 2 Million Mastery Mordekaiser main here who grinds him to diamond every season.

So, first off; Do NOT build catalyst on Mordekaiser, ever! He doesn't use mana and thus is extremely inefficient on him as you'd be better off investing in different items that give you way more of a benefit and stronger powerspikes.

Mordekaiser is an AP bruiser who gets more durable the more damage he dishes out so pure AP focused builds are the norm, going for stuff like item 3116 item 3151 item 3165 item 3135 item 3089 but this requires you to have a firm grasp of your powerspikes and know exactly when to commit as Morde has no ways to escape tricky situations.

Though, seeing that you're a fan of more durable, tank characters I suggest another build that might be more to your liking. Start off with your usual three item powerspike, which is where Morde usually gets to shine mid game item 3116 item 3151 item 3165 , but instead of going pure glass cannon you can now opt into a more durable build by buying item 3053 item 3812 as they both increase your survivability tremendously. Morde benefits a lot from AD, not as much as AP of course, since he has very high total AD ratios but the core idea behind this item combo is to survive any burst that is thrown at you by means of DD's 30% damage reduction and Sterak's shield. Iron Man makes you tank the DD DoT as well while you simply sustain back up.

You really need to work on your core build and get a better understanding of Mordekaiser's powerspikes and what situations he excels in. But that's pretty much it.

Also, Phase Rush is a very strong rune choice on Morde too as it enables you to actually get some more agency and maneuverability in a fight.

FyreWall12/20/2018, 6:16:09 AM1 votes

Was going to comment but then the man himself beast me to it.

TheGreatRasputin1/8/2019, 11:57:42 PM1 votes

I'm not as much of a Morde main as MM, but I could try and help you a little. As he said, you need items like item 3116 and item 3151 , but I've found that starting with item 3152 is actually a good item to go for first, and the active helps with gap closing. After that, get Rylai's, and I personally also get a item 3083 and then Liandry's. As for Runes, I personally go for Summon Aery for shields on allies and damage, Nimbus Cloak for either escaping or gap closing, Transcendence because the bonus CDR, and Scorch for more damage, but you could run Gathering Storm for the late game. I personally go Resolve secondary, with Overgrowth for more HP, which is always good for Morde, and either Demolish for pushing or Shield Bash to stay alive. And the minirunes I use are CDR, Adaptive Force, and Armor. Or HP, all 3 work decent on Morde.