Mordekaiser Suggestion Thread

Alright, I've made my own thread, said my piece.

Now I want to hear yours.

Ask not what the Master of Metal can do for you, because he needs our help... we must ask ourselves 'what can we do for our Master of Metal?'

So we need ideas. And no, before you say 'rewind him back pre-rework.' I have sincere doubts Riot will do that, because Mordekaiser's issue is that the majority of his players, new and old, as well as his opponents are not happy with him. Even then, it wouldn't solve the problem of Mordekaiser in general.

Prior to the rework, Mordekaiser was powerful but predictable, in lane the only way you died against him was if you made a mistake in some manner, whether it be staying in lane when you were low or trying to poke him with insubstantial poke. He had no cc or mobility, so he couldn't outplay you unless you stood there - trading with him in melee range without hard cc or silence or at least some dots - and died because you didn't understand or underestimated the passive called 'Iron Man.'

He was not fun to face for most of anyone that wasn't long ranged like Zyra or Cassiopeia or Heimerdinger mid, or had a kit perfectly suited to counter him like Garen, Cho'Gath, or Swain top, (and I'm talking facing Kalista or Vayne as any kitable melee kind of unfun), and Mordekaiser mains had little fun facing these champions in turn. He was fun for those who played him and enjoyed him, but for anyone who didn't counter him, he was a mechanically toxic champion whose only way to be beaten was to get piled on.

Post rework, Mordekaiser mains are pissed because their champion is now viable bot versus mid or top and they need tanky supports with lock-down cc, bot lane players in general hate Mordekaiser being even more feast or famine than before, and people are completely on the fence about Mordekaiser now being a Pokemon Dragon Master. He is less toxic mechanically, but mostly because he has now been shanghaied into a lane against others who can reliably poke him even through his shield, and he doesn't have as much means of long-distance safe shield farming as he did before.

So here we are. We know how he is now, we know how he was before. What can he be in the future? Tell me what you think can be done to change him.

Please offer actual mechanical changes and ability reworks, rather than just complain or offer a token suggestion as helpful as 'buff/nerf his Q/W/E/R/Passive/PINGAS' without at least explain the reasoning behind such a proposed change and how it would improve everything.