The Plan Riot has for Mordekasier Is just plain bad

Bagebus·8/6/2015, 9:35:38 AM·39 votes·1,345 views

The Mordekaiser Changes are complete crap as some one who has loved Playing League since the end of season one, and Has been playing Mordekasier since season two I can't begin to imagine what kind of drugs you were on when making the changes you decided were ultimately best for him. He was a unique champion who filled his own niche and there are about a thousand Ideas submitted by the League community that would Have all been better than Shoving him bot lane, while saying "no no he can still go in any lane." You are turning Him into an AD Bruiser when He was a perfectly unique Ap Bruiser with a generally fun Kit.
This is a quote from CertainlyT "However, that shouldn't be the end of your thinking as a player -- perhaps Mordekaiser can trilane, 5 man mid, double jungle, shove hard with his jungler and roam, or rush mobis and move lane to lane taking every creep on the map, etc. It's up to you, the playerbase, to figure out what the optimal strategy is for a champion" Since when has Tri-laning worked in ranked que? Or Double Jungle, Or Five man mid???? These are all premade scenarios and all things that Will get me Reported for Trolling in SingleQue. Secondly to now play him ranked I have to Pick ADC then pick Mordekasier which will also get Me Reported for trolling. Secondly he stated " An excessive number of his lane matchups are determined either at champion select or through jungler intervention, not through the relative skill of Mordekaiser and his lane opponent." How many champs can be countered at Champ select? Isn't that the point of Counter Picking an opponent???? Also Isn't it the Junglers Job to Help turn the tides of battle in a Lane???? isn't the point of a jungler to Aide loosing lanes??? If two Rivens are fighting top and then a jungler ganks a few times hasn't he tipped the balance of who wins???? You're removing his ability to clear waves effectively. You are making his W a useless heal while also removing a big part of his sustain and damage in one on one fights which can only hurt his ability to solo lane. Currently his W has a lot of play potential It can be casted on Minons to help aide in escape, or casted onto a minion wave to allow sheild-regen while being kited away from the wave which is not always going to save you but it often surprises people. I was so excited to see the speed buff on his W but now you guys are apparently striping the Armor and Magic resist buff and replacing it with a Heal that I can't use unless I have a friend. You've effectively lowered his survivability and his damage in one go. In general giving him more AD Ratios is not needed, If any thing Keep the old Q while getting rid of The AD ratio and If any thing Add something worth while to it. As far as his passive I think only time will tell on whether or not its a buff or not. Don't get me Wrong I feel This champion could use a few Changes in different areas, but what you are doing is destroying a Champion instead of just making a new one all under some pretense that this is what will effectively change up the Meta instead of lowering this champions Play rate even lower than what it currently is.

17 Comments

Big Lincoln8/6/2015, 3:36:08 PM8 votes

why is certainlyT allowed to touch any aspect of champion balance?

this rework has to be one of the worst i've ever seen, if it goes through then I'll have lost yet another champion to the cold clutches of riot's balance team

ModKnightsKemplar8/7/2015, 12:00:22 AM4 votes

It's just not true to him, thematically or gameplay-wise. It's such a stark contrast to what they are saying in their GP "roundtable discussion." I feel the people that worked on GP improved him in every way. That's not going to be true for Morde.

Voidgolem8/6/2015, 6:15:46 PM3 votes

They've got potential. The numbers just need work.

TheJinxedOne8/7/2015, 8:51:14 AM2 votes

The drag was cool, everything else was not needed.

Count Zubat8/6/2015, 11:44:13 AM2 votes

I have mixed opinion about new Mordekaiser. New Q allows for crazy DPS, especially with a third auto, but then again, without any CC from your team mates, you won't hit all of 3 autos. About his E, I feel like it opens a way for different builds on Morde than just full AP burst mage. Also, % shield gain from champion hits gives him a lot of sustain in teamfights when there are no minions nearby. While dragon seems badass as first, after little analysis you can see that after 20 minute mark, it's better to just ult enemy carry than get drake. Here comes bullsh*t part, because actual champion ghost gets nerfed :/ While I can addapt to all the changes I just mentioned above, I can't accept what they did to W. Rito decided to give Morde self heal in ability, but for what cost. I'd like to ask CertainlyT: why Morde can't have self-healing ability for solo laning phase? Every health user has one: Vlad has Q, Zac has blobs, Aatrox has W. Morde is finally getting one on his W. But can be used only when there is ally nearby. Whaaaaat? Why punish player for playing champion where he wants? Why restrict players in game which is supposed to be all about diversity? Why restrict players for creating diversive strategies for certain champion? His Q change, I can bear it. His E change, it's not as bad. But his W? It's just insult.

Poske8/7/2015, 2:58:26 AM1 votes

Only none morde players would say they like the new changes..

Only thing Everyone likes is a Ghost dragon and thats about it

Matezoide8/7/2015, 3:06:29 AM1 votes

I still have yet to see a single Mordekaiser doing decently on the PBE.

Funny how Skarner, Darius and Garen already got tweaks for their Updates and are far more powerful than before, while Mordekaiser, the one to receive the hardest nerfs, is completely untouched and CertanlyT hasnt posted on the feedback thread at all in 2 days.

New Mord is just in an awkward spot in that:

  • He needs to build Health, Resistances, AD, AP, Magic Penetration, Movement Speed and Tenactiy in order to be useful.

  • His only form of damage is tackled on his Q. He can get a Gunblade so his E is comparable to Live, that is true, but he cant build anywhere near as much AP as on Live, so that spell never ends up matching it's current damage (Which is not even that great until late game), while his Ultimate got nerfed in Damage, Range and Ghost stat.

  • If he is behind, he literally can not do anything. Cant farm because AoE got removed, cant dive because he dies (Since he needs to build HP in order to actually have a shield now), cant stay back because he does no damage and cant go full tank because then he does nothing.

xl Kirito lx8/7/2015, 6:55:15 AM1 votes

How many of you have played the new Morde on the PBE?

Wolfeur8/6/2015, 11:02:27 PM1 votes

HE'S NOT AD, FFS!