How To Ruin Mordekaiser's Game?

JRobin31·7/31/2019, 4:45:05 AM·1 votes·1,702 views

So... I've never perma-banned a champion before, but this season I consistently ban Mordekaiser. I do enjoy banning him and hearing him say that I can't escape him and mentally replying: "I just did, ha ha ha!" And I'm winning a lot of my games... like a lot (happy about that), but I'm worried that by perma-banning Morde, I'll suffer from "never learn to play against" syndrome. But before I free up my ban, I want to know the best way to ruin Mordekaiser's Day...Night? Other realm thingy? whatever.

I usually play support and I don't seem to play any champions that counter Mordekaiser. I'm definitely not interested in fighting him in a duel or having my bot lane fight him alone without me, while the rest of their team wrecks the rest of my team. I'm not high rank, so some things that work for high ranked players might not work for me. I know it's a whole 0.5 second before the ult goes off, but I'm still very likely to end up not dodging this ult anyway (or a teammate won't dodge it - either way; pick your poison). For the record, as a support, I have never survived a Mordekaiser ultimate that hit.

summoner 1 : I noticed doesn't work, which I guess is okay (is it really though?). After all, we shouldn't have a summoner counter a champion's ultimate, right (really though)? item 3140 : It might be good for my ADC, but that's 1300 gp I can't spend on my support items... gee thanks. item 3814 and item 3102 : are even more painful to get on a support and they are fairly easily pre-popped by other abilities, followed up by Morde's ultimate anyway. item 3222 : The dilemma here is that I can't target someone on my team that has been ulted by Mordekaiser, which makes the primary methodology of using this item (to save a teammate) not possible against Mordekaiser... great...

My question has nothing to do with nerfing or buffing Mordekaiser. I realize he was nerfed in Patch 9.14. He is still picked and winning substantially in Bronze and Silver games, so idc about Plat+ low win rate either blah, blah, blah.

TL;DR So... What am I missing? It seems like I can't find reasonable counter-play against Mordekaiser, but I am really unhappy with him being my perma-ban.

Edit: It looks like Mordekaiser pick rate has dropped off enough that I don't have to ban him every single game now (and I still see plenty of other players banning him). But it also seems that the problem with Mordekaiser remains and the lack of viable play for my favorite support against him also remains. So I think there is a long-term problem here that will simply resurface at some point in the future. Thanks for all of the great suggestions!

10 Comments

Vartius7/31/2019, 1:40:05 PM3 votes

First of all; dodge his E. Mordekaiser has a long CD on his E and if he doesn't catch you with it - it becomes harder for him to proc his passive. And without his passive he isn't as fast. His E is relatively easy to dodge too, if you expect it. In general try to play around his cooldowns - did he use his W to heal himself? He doesn't have a shield for 14 - 10 seconds. His Q also deals a lot of damage; it's harder to dodge, but if you don't get hit by E, it's doable.

So generally - wait for W, dodge E, kite him.

Phieldworker7/31/2019, 5:46:46 AM1 votes

I use Kayle against Mordekaizer and always win. I can safely poke him and outscale him as well.

Posui Gart8/8/2019, 1:34:28 PM1 votes

If you are a support player, Janna and Morgana work well against him. Morgana can shield his priority target so he can't R, E or Rylai slow for a while, and her Q and R work well against champion with almost no mobility and melee range Janna can ult him from his priority target, has no problem kiting him in his ultimate, and with her passive its easier for her whole team to kite him. Yuumi is also good for kiting, but his ult counters her if he gets close. And if Yuumi is caught herself, its free kill for Morde

QSS is a well spent 1300 gold if you are ulted a lot(and can't stay away so he can't ult you) and can't survive ult duration. But usually Morde has better targets to ult. If your adc is Morde's main target, make sure he knows QSS counters his ultimate. If someone else is caught, follow the lights and prepare to throw your CC/healshields when they return.