i don't play this champion and never have, but his rework is probably the single biggest fail i've seen in this game (been playing for a little more than 2 years).
i don't even mind getting 1 shot by his Q because at least that has counter play.
But get rid of the fucking dragon clone which (=free indefensible turrets) and gimmicky full exp on W. Compensate him for it, but just remove those 2 counterplayless aspects of his reworked kit.
Mooninites8 votesstep 1: fire certainlyT
ArmenianAK2 votesSure, he's strong, and everyone was pissed off by his rework, but then again his weaknesses are brutal.
Pros: Hard hitting autos Speed boost Cloning champions Shield
Cons: Melee Speed boost relies on someone to lead him in Champion clone is solely auto attacks only, and dragon clone as well. Shield decays fast and is easily burnt.
Thing is, if Mord can't get close to you , Mord can't hurt you. So in essence, he honestly sucks. He lacks any CC, his damage is reliant on a total of 3 melee auto attacks (which the buff only lasts i think 4 seconds..) , and he is NOT naturally tanky. That's just the illusion his passive gives him. It's like saying full lifesteal and high attack speed is tanky. You're just getting back health faster than the enemies can remove it. You don't have high armor or magic resistance... get it?
Mordekaiser IS powerful in the right hands, but against people with half a brain, he can be easily counterplayed. One morgana binding wastes enough time to down his Q and put it on cooldown, which then after it comes off of cooldown, he needs to catch up for 2 more autos to do real damage.
magic pole4 voteslol is that why TSM stomped LGD with morde?
almost 100% pick / ban by pros?
no. he is broken. you talk about countering him with a person with half a brain.
well, if morde has half a brain, he'll just take drag and then zone ANYONE off their turrets early-mid game. Dragon will kill you faster than you can kill it. So he takes 1-2 free turrets with each drag and the snowball begins.
yes, we all know his weaknesses. Point is, his strengths (i.e. dragon clone and W XP advantage) have no counter play. Gonna stop him from taking the drag? Lel ok hop into that pit and get 1 shotted by his Q.
ArmenianAK2 votesMorde is no hypercarry though. If his team kills dragon it's because they earned it or they stole it. If they stole it, the enemy is at fault for improper warding / focus. And so what if he gets dragon? You have a minute and fifteen seconds to do as much as you can with a super tank that has extremely slow, low ranged attacks. Yes you can take turrets with it, but you forget that if you kill him, you kill his pet. Also, if you'd rather just let him tramp down mid with a dragon by his side, then why not capitalize and get other objectives?
Okay so I see where you're coming from. Yes his kit is ridiculously strong, but it's fairly easy to counterplay him. If a PRO TEAM makes a mistake, it's going to be capitalized on for 200% of the real mistakes cost, cause they are professionals who know what they are coordinated. Just cause one guy did well against his enemy and one team stomped the enemy using morde does NOT mean that morde was the huge reason why they got stomped. It's just like any champion that gets fed.
Oh katarina got fed? She can pentakill in 3 seconds flat? TSM stomped LGD with katarina cause she got fed and now she's broken? Obviously she's not, but I'm just trying to serve a point..
Also about that early/mid game power... He's also still pretty squishy early/mid game. Late game is when he has more hp-ap items. He's fairly easy to nuke early on if focus is proper (granted he's a problem?).
TLDR; Yes he is strong. No he is not the reason people win games - Teamwork is.
The only thing I can agree on being overpowered is how LONG the dragon lasts for. Other than that he isn't a game changer...
fééd l0rd1 votesThere is so much wrong with what you are saying... It is not easy to counterplay him, if it would be he would not be banned all the time.
Kitten of Evil1 votesUnless I'm mistaken, dragon ghost isn't leash-bound to him. So he doesn't have to tramp down mid with his dragon pet. He can split push with it or recall and still have it do the dirty work.
Kaeblen2 votescongrats: you found the problem.
Weasel Kensei2 votesThe dragon does have counterplay.
Its called objective control.
Dont let him get dragon... get it first. Here is the problem, you cant always have objective control because its a competition.
So when you lose a battle, but not the war so to speak, you also get a dragon in your face..... which is just a gimmicky snowball mechanic instead of a legit champ design.
"Oh you lost dragon? Well here lose some more (namely your bot lane tower) on top of that with this dragon clone bullshit, HAHAHAHA! MORD REWORK 2015 BITCHES"
Kitten of Evil1 votesI honestly don't understand why they even added that dragon clone gimmick.