Mordekaiser and the AP Juggernaut Problem
Juggernauts are defined by high base damages, relatively high overall damage, good health scaling, limited mobility, and high value on damage through melee range attacking (except 
now). The core item for AD juggernauts such as 
, 
, 
, etc is 
. It hits all points listed above, not to mention what a great first buy 
is.
- armor shred to take advantage of good base damage
- AD to amp AD (often total AD) scaling abilities
- Health for durability and to take advantage of health scaling kits
- MS on dealing PHYSICAL damage to make up for limited natural mobility to help stay in melee range
The other Juggernauty items are all also somewhat geared towards physical damage 
, 
, 
, and 
.
The lack of an AP counterpart to really hurts the experience of AP/magic dmg juggernauts like 
, 
, and to a lesser extent 
, phoenix stance 
, and possibly AP 
.
Tanky and/or AA focused AP/magic dmg items do exist 
, 
, 
, 
, 
, 
, 
, 
, but at the item shop still feels like a man without a country.
We need an analogous item with high health, MR pen or shred, conditional MS boost, and a little bit of AP/AD. Could build out of and 
, for example. To prevent abuse by intentionally squishy mages, the shred could be an aura like the old 
but only extend only 200 units or so around the champion model.
In addition to finally giving itemization support to AP juggernauts, this item would also provide a good damage build option for some AP tanks such as 
, 
, or 
the way that does for 
or 
.
I'd love to hear what some prominent forum Morde players like @Malicious Metal or @MordeÇaiser might think! Absent an item like this, the upcoming rework might better serve us all by turning him into an AD juggernaut. Or maybe bigshots like @Reav3 or @Meddler ?
TLDR AP Juggernauts need their version of Black Cleaver. The end.
EDIT: Here is the item I'm proposing based on these thoughts and your feedback. It's the Face of Funk Smack!
