The whole Morde identity and why the upcoming changes are unviable
Ok, so Riot said that
is a juggernaut, and from his current build standpoint, it's untrue in terms of build path and play style, (at least for how I usually play
). Typically when playing
I stack AP items, and my true potential is brought out when fighting multiple opponents who have little mr and no stuns or silences. The feel I get when I'm playing him well is that I can run into the middle of a team fight build up my shield, decimate the enemy adc with my ult and e, and then proceed to stomp everyone else in the now 6 v 4. Oh and usually yell "I AM FUCKING MORDEKAISER" at the end of the fight.
However with the changes that are due to occur, not only is this no longer possible, but
is about to become unviable due to the very nature of his changes. His q and e are now given ad scalings, but the base damage on the e is severely nerfed. Considering how his auto attacks don't build a shield, it kind of kills the point to build AD except for the use of Q.
Secondly, the W nerf is the main problem. His W is what makes it possible to rush into a team fight and build shield to tank the damage as not only does it deal damage, but it also grants bonus armor and mr. With the upcoming changes,
is no longer able to self cast and deal damage with it which means that he is unusable in any 1v1 situation despite his q changed for such a purpose.
Next, the gutting of E, sure an ad ratio is nice, but that's only if you build gunblade. If
is facing an enemy adc, with the current amount of damage he can take he basically has to build like a tank to survive, and with that he's not gonna do any damage. Basically at this point, with no cc or damage, he provides little to no utility to a team except for a tiny heal on w, and being to have a pet dragon. Great, but that's only if you're able to control dragon, and with the terrible bot lane morde is going to be, there's not going to be much control of dragon.
Even if you had a pet dragon, all the enemy team had to do is to destroy morde, and with no escape tools, damage, or sustain, he's going to be melted, and the dragon is going to be useless.
TL;DR
is unviable due to nerfs, dragon is cool, but impractical.
Opinions?