Mordekaiser; Where does he currently stand

Goodbye season five, hello season six. We've come a long way since patch 5.16 and Mordekaiser's controversial rework. It's been around thirteen patches since then and Mordekaiser has gone from OP pick or Ban to literally one of the worst champions in League if you go by statistics. But where does he stand in terms of game health and power level?

What's working? +Mordekaiser functions as a Juggernaut; He's a melee threat with unholy amounts of damage +Mordekaiser has been shifted from Burst into a more //healthy// DPS pattern +Mordekaiser can roll solo lane again; Hooray +His core theme as an soul-enslaving undying metal Tyrant is actually working out rather well +Mordekaiser is less of a brick wall in lane and has a more healthy laning pattern

What's currently inhibiting Mordekaiser from being "decent" -Mordekaiser has one of the lowest base stats in the game -The rework didn't tackle his unhealthy aspects well enough (Ultimate feeling either OP or UP depending on the ghost) -He still needs a VGU (-Pure AP builds are becoming less and less effective)

Base stats Yes, as it currently stands this is the main deciding factor of how Mordekaiser is going to perform. Base stats are a powerful tool to trim a champion's power and making them spike with items and not with levels.

Mordekaiser's reign of terror Bot lane was ended not only by making his sustain basically non-existent most of the time and crippling the only thing making him viable down there; his XP passive on Harvester of Sorrow, but also by making his base armor a mere 20!!

So the question is; Does Mordekaiser need a base stat buff in order to become a solid champion instead of only being played by the most dedicated mains? Only a few hundred more health, five movement speed and maybe three more armor would help him but I'm not delusional: Mordekaiser is inherently hard to balance A simple stat change might just be what pushes him over the edge. Yet it's also what he so desperately needs right now. It's a dance with the devil when it comes to balancing Mordekaiser but this doesn't mean he should be left to rust.

Mordekaiser works. It's a bit rocky and highly matchup dependent, but he does work as a champion. He just feels too frail for a Juggernaut in metal Armor and with the recent changes to Sterak's gage I feel Mordekaiser might just be on the edge of viability, if he already isn't.

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