"Mordekaiser is impossible to balance as a solo laner"

Arcana Lancer·8/26/2015, 6:50:13 AM·82 votes·4,170 views

Proceeds to give him a free power in form of exp-penalty free passive that will always give him a level advantage without any effort

See, this is EXACTLY THE SAME case with Yasuo, you're giving him an out of nowhere free double-crit passive which he doesn't have to work for. It's just a lame excuse for "oops, he actually can't really compete, better give him a free power passive which thematically doesn't have any correlation to the character anyway". That "impossible to balance" statement is nothing but an excuse just to shape him into what you have in mind, not what the community have in mind.

And you wonder why people hate CertainlyT.

61 Comments

Mortekaiser8/26/2015, 7:22:07 AM33 votes

i dont want this "new morde" at all. i liked the reliable, non situational damage that old morde provided. and old morde could be dealt with by a lot of solo laners in top, and pretty much every mage midlane outranged him

dont worry though, new morde is far more toxic and polarizing than before for the sake of the lcs big plays dragon

toonpang8/26/2015, 12:00:11 PM10 votes

Yeah, I seriously wonder how being incentivized to work with a "buddy", or getting an experience advantage, or healing his allies works with Mordekaiser's theme.

The experience thing works with Zilean because he's a time traveler. But unless you read Morde's kit, there's no way of knowing this guy is going to be hitting level 6 before you hit level 4.

And sure the dragon controlling thing is cool, but that's not thematic either. Mordekaiser has no connection to dragons outside one skin.

I think the W passive should be scrapped entirely. It's one of the main reasons why he's OP now, and rewards him for playing passively.

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/dVLUzwzA-mordes-bot-winrate-is-too-high-his-midtop-winrate-is-way-too-low-i-have-the-solutions

Xonra8/26/2015, 4:15:21 PM9 votes

It's okay though, because Riot doesn't like hidden power. Unless it is on a reworked kit.

At least Yasuo's passive isn't hidden power. I mean you don't see Morde's until suddenly "wait how is he 2 levels ahead of me when I've been in lane the entire time?"

SEKAI8/26/2015, 3:44:13 PM9 votes

It should be about time that CertainlyT finally wakes up.

Synx78/26/2015, 6:03:15 PM6 votes

CertainlyT and mostly the crappy Balanced team needs to be replaced Nice Lee Sin buff tho. Preparing your poster boy for Worlds isn't it? Such a lame excuse " skill floor" , new players. Sure sure

Slamurai Jack8/26/2015, 6:44:25 PM3 votes

Anyone who calls Yasuo's double crit passive "free" doesn't understand Yasuo or even champion design at all. He has that passive for a very good reason and he would be much more nightmarish to balance if he didn't have that passive.

HailFire Dragon8/26/2015, 4:12:11 PM2 votes

define free power? morde definitely suffered from E nerfs and mvm speed nerfs to attain such a passive(that only works in a duo lane -_-)

i wouldnt call it free

Sypher The Poro8/27/2015, 12:53:43 AM1 votes

At least Yasuo's passive has a draw back. 10% less crit damage, and I don't mean his crits do 190% damage.

Caitlyn vs Yasuo : Both have 100 AD and no items.

Caitlyn crits for 200 damage. Yasuo crits for 180 damage. (200 - (10% of 200, 20)) 20 less total damage.

Both now have IE.

crits for 250 damage. crits for 225 damage. (250 - (10% of 250, 25)) 25 less total damage.

Meanwhile, Mordekaiser apparently is in a duo lane with solo benefits.