@Riot, some tweaks aimed at SoloKaiser worth considering
From what we've seen in the pro scene Mordekaiser's blatantly overturned in a duo lane right now, a position most of us didn't like him in anyways and I already see the nerfs coming, which will probably hurt his solo laning even more. So, instead of nerfing the hell out of the Master of Metal and dispose of his balls of steel I'd rather see you tweak him so that he can function in a solo lane once more because the sole reason he's so dominant in duo lanes is his W passive.
But alas, I don't want to dwell on the topic of duo Morde too much but rather bring forth some changes that could help him stand his ground both in top and mid respectively. These tweaks will be rated from Essential to Novelty in cascading order;
Not the tweaks he deserves but those he needs right now;
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Self cast W AoE damage. Period! This will return some of his former wave clear to him as well as giving him the damage and shield generation he needs in a solo environment as well as getting rid of the awful feeling of only having 2 basic spells solo
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Shield generation rates; Let's be honest, his new shield's only a shadow of its former glory since he lost AoE damage to fill it, it decays faster and the generation rate's been nerfed heavily. My suggestion is to buff it back up to 35% or even 40% BUT with a reduced rate on minions along the lines of 10% (For reference; Old Morde converted 35% of champ/monster damage and 17.5% of minion damage into a shield)
Tweaks that would return his former solo lane prowess without giving him his lane bully nature back
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Buff his E damage a tad. What's supposed to be his bread and butter farming tool and means to build up his shield is a bit too weak nowadays and could use a base damage buff since it's not as efficient at clearing waves as before. >Something along the lines of 75-180/170 instead of 75-155 would be in order since nowadays minions survive with a sliver of health and he needs the ranged wave clear to survive tough matchups where he's forced to stay back
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Buff his MS up to 330/335 (Formerly 340) since he needs to escape ganks on his own. To compensate you might want to nerf the W active MS boost down to 50ish from 75
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Another defensive tweak that would help him play safely if behind would be making his W castable on minions as well, allowing him to farm from a distance if he gets trashed in lane and not instantly die if he decides to go in and last hit. I'm conflicted if he should have the heal reactivation on it but it would actually help his solo lane since he doesn't have an ally to survive the matchup. It would also bring back the old W on backline minion trick that allowed him to gain a MS boost towards his tower when ganked.
Novelty tweaks that could be toyed with but can be disregarded
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Armor/MR on his W? It used to give him a defensive steroid in order to overcome his low base resistances but I doubt it should be even considered since it would be a straight up buff
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Adjusting his E health costs. 72 health for a 155 base damage spell... It used to be justified since it was a 250 damage nuke but nowadays it might be a tad too much. I'd leave the health cost this high though if they decide to buff the base damage on his siphon a bit (15-25 damage)
Final notes to riot on topic of focusing their resources on SoloKaiser http://orig15.deviantart.net/4837/f/2015/278/0/4/justhueit_by_roughnut-d9c12qa.jpg
These tweaks will help him out tremendously in a solo environment without making him fall back to the brick wall top that pissed off one player for 15 minutes. Besides, you might even be able to chip off quite a bit of power from duo lane Mordekaiser this way.
~M.M
