Thank you Riot Games for Mordekaiser
Allow me to start off by stating that I am a Bronze I player. I am not the best player in this game, and everything I state here is opinion and open to interpretation.
Dear Riot:
Thank you, sincerely for the Mordekaiser rework. My summoner name is CrimsonBlight, and I am an ADC main traditionally, though not specifically. As the name would suggest, I am a
main specifically. He is a ton of fun and I will never find boredom while on the rift as the Arrow of Retribution... only after all of my time on the rift, I noticed that my games were going stale, and the level of fun that made me fall in love with League of Legends was slowly diminishing. The cycle of the rift is too redundant. Or should I saw was.
A few weeks before the juggernaut reworks went live I had tried Mordekaiser for the first time after impulse buying him, and much to my pleasure, I found him great fun. I dominated game after game in his steamrolling manner through the top lane, though not much changed about the continual ebb of my love for League due to its repetitive nature. Once the update did hit live I decided to take a risk and try out this absurd melee mixed damage bruiser - sorry, juggernaut- to the bottom lane as an ADC. I am sure any Riot employee will be happy to read that a smile never left my face for the duration of the game. You have made me fall in love with this game all over again with his rework specifically (as well as Skarnar's rework to a lesser degree but none the less) in that you introduced new elements to the game. You increased the possibilities for any game's progression exponentially and flipped the bottom lane on it's head with such a drastic addition. You, Riot, have made this game fresh again for me, and I am sure, for other summoners as well.
I am not winning all of my games as Mordekaiser ADC. I might not even be winning half, but I am genuinely enjoying 100% of them given his unique play styles and singular impact to teamfights and general map objectives. such as dragon, teamfight potential with dragon as well as dragon's potential to siege turrets and even bursting the Baron. You have innovated this spectacular MOBA once again, giving me just one more tool to add to my arsenal of choices in champion select.
What is more, is that I believe Mordekaiser is genuinely balanced. Please don't yell at me in the comments, as I did say I believe, now allow me to elaborate. Mordekaiser's numbers can be tweaked a bit, perhaps a bit lower on his Q and spread the damage between his E and sustain on his W, but overall I would say he is balanced. With very low to no mobility depending on if he has an ally on hand, Mordekaiser is kited really easily as most every other champion has at least one dash or other mobility increasing abilities. Of course as Mordekaiser you can help reduce this weakness in items such as
with its passive on-hit speed boost and
with its active targeted slow, but even with such items, that key weakness still stands prominent, making his absurd damage more justified, as it is difficult to get that third Q proc off, especially in one-on-one situations against a ranged opponent without burning a
or other various summoners in the process. Taking all of this into consideration, yes I would consider Mordekaiser balanced for the most part.
This thank you to Riot is not about making a balanced champion though. It was for giving me the thrill of treading new territory within the game's realm once again. Also as an aside, I would like to speak for the vast majority of summoners when I say I appreciate you as a company. I do not agree with every decision you make, and even i say "Pito pls" from time to time.... okay maybe a lot, but deep down I appreciate the fact that you provide such an amazing game for over seventy million monthly players, that is 7,000,000 players, absolutely free of charge. You keep me well informed, and overall you try really hard to give everyone a fun and competitive experience time and time again. If I had the money to pay for my fun I would probably try out WoW, but that is beside the point, Thank you Riot, and I do very much appreciate you.
Also, to anyone that might want to add to this or leave a comment, please do as this is my first written discussion and I would love the feedback, and would be more than happy to answer questions. I simply felt a need to thank Riot for their hard work, and once again touching my heart with their hard work.