The few games (like, 3?) I have played with Mordekaiser have always felt terrible just because I remember back when I was Pre-30 how Independent I felt with Mordekaiser. Sure, he had problems, like a lack of mobility, but 335 movement speed wasn't Nightmarish. with Boots and Movement Quints, you could still make up for it. it didn't feel as bad because you had a lot of base damage and a lot of innate power. It they caught you out 3v1 you could turn right the hell around and bash their faces in, you could siphon them, you could use Creeping Death on yourself to give yourself tank stats and deal even more damage.
Now he feels like a Bitch. His Movement Speed, even with Quints is TERRIBLE, His W literally doesn't exist without an Ally Champion in range. His Q requires them to be stupid and stay in your range and is split between three attacks instead of one massive bash to the head. Yes, he has more damage and better scaling, no one is arguing about that, but for that scaling we now have a champion that cannot function independently. Everyone Else in the game (except
) still has Full Access to their Abilities if they get caught out and can turn around and die fighting. Mordekaiser just can't do that anymore. He's no longer the 3v1 Champion he used to be. He's gone from Low-Elo Hypercarry with good counterplay to the High-Elo Burster that requires an entire team built around him.
Essentially
turned from
into AD
. Mordekaiser used to be able to Solo Carry, now he requires an entire team built around him to do anything.