Woooooooooow Riot, tell me the new Mord bio/title is a joke.

Noraver··77 votes·3,979 views
10/14 PBE Update

Since you guys are changing your mind on doing seasonal events that don't line up with our real-world calendar, I sincerely hope this is an April Fools event.

Mordekaiser ''All things must die... and yet I live on.'' The baleful revenant Mordekaiser is among the most terrifying and hateful spirits haunting the Shadow Isles. He has existed for countless centuries, shielded from true death by necromantic sorcery and the force of his own dark will. Those who dare face Mordekaiser in battle risk a horrific curse: he enslaves his victims' souls to become instruments of destruction.

Mordekaiser's title is now "The Lord of Death" rather than "The Master of Metal"

->shielded from true death by necromantic sorcery and the force of his own dark will ->necromantic sorcery and the force of his own dark will ->his own dark will ->his own

BETTER GRAB SOMEONE TO HELP ME LANE OR ELSE I'LL GET A BOOBOO

Also, Lord Of Death? So, the entire METAL CD and skin line you released (because of him) is basically out of place now because someone felt like calling him The Lord of Death all of a sudden? Not sure who's been running all of the Harrowing decisions this year Riot, but between Mord's on-going awful update, the overdone zombie Harrowing skins (But actually not Harrowing skins) and changing his title, I would stop now if I were you. You've already upsetMord mains enough.

If this change goes through, I feel terrible for Malicious Metal. RIP your main, my friend.

40 Comments

Nefas14 votes

Malicious Metal hasn't commented on the title change yet...Looking forward to another well-written dissection of Riot's inane choices and design that will be completey ignored by Riot.

SmokinSickStyle8 votes

Maybe the poor dude just passed away of heart attack.

And he will turn to Morde irl to haunt Rito forever.

Malix Farwin10 votes

His new lore kinda contradicts his design... by A LOT. having a dragon pet, hell his ult now no longer makes sense. I am seriously wondering if the lore team even took a look at his abilities. Lets not even into the fact that it makes him sound painfully close to Karthus . Hell i think i would accept that lore on Karthus a lot more then i would on morde.

Noraver15 votes

I agree. I honestly thought "The Lord of Death" should have been Karthus' new title instead of his. With a title like that, why is Mord even in a huge, heavy suit of plate armor? Why are his spells about metal? Why does he carry that huge metal mace? Because he's The Lord of Death, DUH!

Ser Garland3 votes

{quoted}

I agree. I honestly thought "The Lord of Death" should have been Karthus' new title instead of his. With a title like that, why is Mord even in a huge, heavy suit of plate armor? Why are his spells about metal? Why does he carry that huge metal mace? Because he's The Lord of Death, DUH!

Morde has never been magneto incarnate, even his old lore basically lauded him as a spirit, like The Witch King, which is why he looks like him.

And TBH, the whole Heavy Metal music shtick he has going for him is more obnoxious than Sion's old Arnold Shwarzenagger Shtick.

JedenVojak6 votes

[{quoted}](name=Ser Garland,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=qtPglzVU,comment-id=000000000000,timestamp=2015-10-14T23:48:57.869+0000)

And TBH, the whole Heavy Metal music shtick he has going for him is more obnoxious than Sion's old Arnold Shwarzenagger Shtick.

"https://www.youtube.com/embed/uQwjojvRNI4"

Baron of Bread6 votes

Some of us liked the Schwarzenegger shtick. A lot of us like the metal theme.

GreenLore1 votes

Well his metal theme has been largely removed with his ability update,so master of metal doesn't make as much sense as it used to. (don't misunderstand me,I also dislike this change,I wish they would have focused more on the metal theme than removing it)

Meep Man1 votes

Isnt his ultimate in his lore?

Ser Garland3 votes

[{quoted}](name=Malix Farwin,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=qtPglzVU,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2015-10-14T23:32:00.884+0000)

His new lore kinda contradicts his design... by A LOT. having a dragon pet, hell his ult now no longer makes sense. I am seriously wondering if the lore team even took a look at his abilities. Lets not even into the fact that it makes him sound painfully close to Karthus . Hell i think i would accept that lore on Karthus a lot more then i would on morde.

He uses dark spirits bent to his will.

<Dragon pet is a ghost, don't think you've noticed. < His ult turns kills his enemies and turns them against each other. <He goes botlane because he controls the meal to his dark will (The support)

Malix Farwin2 votes

[{quoted}](name=Ser Garland,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=qtPglzVU,comment-id=00000002,timestamp=2015-10-14T23:47:19.200+0000)

He uses dark spirits bent to his will.

<Dragon pet is a ghost, don't think you've noticed. < His ult turns kills his enemies and turns them against each other. <He goes botlane because he controls the meal to his dark will (The support)

*He is also a "Spirit" nor does anywhere in his lore suggest that he can control other spirits

*No it actually didnt say he uses the dark spirits bent to his will, it said he is able to exist because of his dark will. Huge Difference.

*His ult turning allies against each other has nothing to do with his new lore because it isnt even listed in it.

*Again he isn't controlling anyone with his "dark will" according to the new lore

You can literally delete the name mordekaiser and put Karthus in its place and it would make more sense.

Ser Garland1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Malix Farwin,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=qtPglzVU,comment-id=000000020000,timestamp=2015-10-15T00:14:47.451+0000)

*He is also a "Spirit" nor does anywhere in his lore suggest that he can control other spirits

*No it actually didnt say he uses the dark spirits bent to his will, it said he is able to exist because of his dark will. Huge Difference.

*His ult turning allies against each other has nothing to do with his new lore because it isnt even listed in it.

*Again he isn't controlling anyone with his "dark will" according to the new lore

You can literally delete the name mordekaiser and put Karthus in its place and it would make more sense.

Karthus is the Deathsinger though.

LadyRenly1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Ser Garland,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=qtPglzVU,comment-id=0000000200000000,timestamp=2015-10-15T01:52:13.922+0000)

Karthus is the Deathsinger though.

Nope, in the next update he will be the Harbinger of Doom.

Dar Raksada1 votes

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Nope, in the next update he will be the Harbinger of Doom.

but Fiddlesticks ?

Narasimha2 votes

having a dragon pet, hell his ult now no longer makes sense.

...Wait, what? I don't.. I don't even... what? What part of it do you somehow not get? It literally says he binds his victim's soul for his own purposes. So what does he do? HE BINDS THE DRAGON'S SOUL.

Also, theres a distinction between him and Karthus. Mordekaiser was always touted as THE undead lord, the (possibly) first undead, the man who made death his bitch. Karthus is just the lich who fell in love with it. One uses his power to dominate death, the other to embrace and spread it.

GreenLore1 votes

Why does his ult suddenly not make any sense? It says that he enslaves the souls of his victims,which is exactly what his ult does.

Also that is a short lore,not a full lore piece.

I agree though that the new title is kinda umimpressive.

Malicious Metal10 votes

And I thought it couldn't get any worse.

I hate being proven wrong.

tau434 votes

Bump for Lord of Death Metal.

Celeste Benal1 votes

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Blue Moon Wolf3 votes

I honestly think that they are trying to do this just in spite of Malicious Metal and the posts he's made. The guy is trying to help riot to keep them from screwing up more and this is how they repay him. I think this is the saltest thing Riot has done to date. I can almost hear how that meeting to change his title went: "oh no, our changes didn't work as planed. welp, lets change his theme completely cause it's all those morde mains fault he's not doing well" I don't even want them to give him a VU at this point cause its likely just going to be Karthus with a mace.

Saianna2 votes

Riot hires retards. Nothing new tbh.

I'm glad I've switched to other MOBA (hots). I did is because I had this kind of feeling that Riot will start to do stuff I might really hate. I was afraid.. Welp.. My feeling turned out correct.. I'll play some lottery now :)

Shosuko2 votes

Yeah is the first Morde change I can say is completely out right.

What made Morde's identity were 1 - Metal, Heavy Metal. 2 - Shield while doing damage 3 - Enemy ghosts.

These were the only 3 things you couldn't change and keep Morde.

Lintu Puck2 votes

Morde can still solo lane. It's just trickier then it use to be. -.- I have honestly still seen SoloLane Morde's wreck my team before. Heck I had a Darius on my team going top against New Morde, and thought he was going to have an easy time. Let's just say Dunkmaster got DUNKED. Morde got first blood quickly and proceeded to continue steamrolling the Darius and the rest of us for the rest of the match.

As for his skins, they all still work. -.- The only skin really referencing metal/music is Pentakill and there you can chalk it up to Death Metal.

Caytheles1 votes

Master of Metal, trapped inside a Metal Suit,.... make sense

Count Zubat2 votes

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Master of Metal, trapped inside a Metal Suit,.... make sense

Yes, it does. The metal became his own prison he can't escape by any means, so instead of fighting it, he mastered it. See? I just gave better reason why Morde is "Master of Metal" than Rito why Morde is "Lord of Death" in less than a minute. Hire me to lore team pls.

Caytheles1 votes

That is the dumbest philosophy i have ever heard, i am sorry. i just shit my pants at what you just said, With all due respect though... Thank you for the laugh.

Count Zubat2 votes

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That is the dumbest philosophy i have ever heard, i am sorry. i just shit my pants at what you just said, With all due respect though... Thank you for the laugh.

Well, you are welcome, I'm happy that I could make you laugh :) My philosophy might be dumb, but still better than "he is Lord of Death because we say so".

Caytheles1 votes

Well, they can do that any time they want.... you knpow that right? Since it belongs to them and they make the rules... so no, yours is not better.

DrNova2 votes

Do you actively try being an idiot or does it just come naturally.

Caytheles1 votes

Am i lying? XD seriously.... tell me straight up, Am...I ...Lying?

Hayaishi21 votes

Master of metal makes no sense thematically anyways.

DrNova1 votes

It used to.

Solari Fortune1 votes

He will, along with the other Shadow Isle champs, be getting longer lore on the site. They only put the short lore in the Client.

Matezoide1 votes

To be fair, he needed a new title after Riot decided to remove every single metal effect on his kit

CoTheSlow1 votes

... Since he is getting a new lore he is essentially a new character (even without the rework). New Morde doesn't have to be anything like old Morde because this new lore isn't for old Morde. They clearly have a new place they want to take the character story wise especially since he and Karthus seem to be both getting this update and it is changing their characters. Also since Kindred came out Karthus hasn't really had his place at all.

BastionKross1 votes

Oh god guys. Does this strongly hint to anyone else that they are thinking of removing the "metal" themes from Morde? Changing his particles, the names of his abilities, and maybe even altering his joke? Are they just going to turn him into armored Karthus?

Is this just another example of Riot surgically removing the silliness from League? First Sion, then GP, now Morde?

Stars Shaper1 votes

Upvote for the Opening sentence xD

Made my day.

ZT Xperimentor1 votes

Sigh . . . yes it's a little outdated, but there's still several points that stand, including riot's refusal to respond without being painfully bureaucratic. http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/5yRgRUAo-riotscruffy-riotrepertoir-can-we-get-some-reassurance-that-morde-will-still-be-looked-at?comment=00000004

Keashqa1 votes

Bump

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