Right now it is way too easy to keep his passive up as he only has to hit you with 1 autoattack or spell after activating it, that makes it near impossible to trade with him as a melee laner. Suggestion: It should only refresh if he hits another 3 AAs or spell.
That's kind of the point. He's meant to be at an extreme advantage when allowed to stay on someone. The advantage goes away when he starts getting kited by the higher range or higher mobility champions
can poke him safely and has a dash to escape his pull along with comparable lifesteal sustain if not better.
can trade evenly and if timed right can invalidate Morde's shield with empowered W, also the better life stealer.
These are the champs I find I have the best chance vs Morde with.
I think how it should work is to give the enemy a way to counter it. Something Like this after the initial 4 second period:
If mordekaiser doesn't damage an enemy for 2-3 seconds the passive stops.
this way you have a way to outplay it and he still gets to be able to refresh it. Having to hit 3 more abilities within less than 4 seconds after using almost his entire kit to proc the passive in the first place would be extremely awkward and underpowered.
it would also allow for skill expression(something morde needs) because the morde player would need to proc passive, then wait to use abilities after the initial 4 second is almost gone to get maximum value.
It is very hard to trade with him, almost impossible if you're melee. He has a long range pull and a decent range Q. Also shield. You can't even safely farm against him.
I main top lane and I always ban him. He scales like crazy into late-game.
