Mordekaiser : My point of view and my solution.

I couldn't think of a better title. I know that there are lots of topic about him. Here comes my thoughts

I am a main jungle, but my most played is Mordekaiser. I play him both top and bot. You must have already understood, but I love the champion.

I know most main of old Mordekaiser are not happy at all with his rework, because of radically changing his gameplay pattern. It must be hard to feel his favorite champion taken away. I can understand it.

I know that Riot wants to put Mordekaiser bot lane because his old kit wasn't allowing lots of interaction with his opponent. It needed to be changed. Mordekaiser is simply a hell to balance because of his identity as a champ without CC/Mobility, with lots of damage and survivability. I can understand it too.

I think we live in a world where no one is ever right or wrong. So, here comes my tentative to make Mordekaiser a good option. There is no number in my idea, simply because it is Gameplay ideas, no Balance ones. I won't touch his Q and his R because I simply have no idea no make them better, for now. Thought, I must mention that I have no problem with the dragon, simply because, since it is situational, it doesn't take any power budget out of Mordekaiser (stated by a Rioter).

• Iron Man (Passive) : Mordekaiser shields himself whenever he lands an ability, capped at X% maximum health. Starting at X% of maximum shield, Mordekaiser gains X movement speed and X% tenacity/slow resistance/both, scaling with the current value of the shield. Iron Man's shield decays at a rate of X% (higher than the 2% on Live) base health per second when out of combat for X seconds.

I know i am committing a crime here by giving mobility to Mordekaiser, but let me explain the reasoning behind this. With his old gameplay pattern top, his opponent was living a hell, because Mordekaiser could harras him and push the lane at wish, but, ironically, the opponent couldn't be killed without Jungler's help if he has his brain on. And junglers don't gank an enemy under tower (I am a Jungler, just to remind you).

My idea is that the generation of the shield would be always dependent on the fact that you land the spell, rather than the damage you inflict. The goal is here to reduce the snowball reliance of current Mordekaiser.

With this, Mordekaiser has a way to engage a fight to engage other top laner but to follow him if he tries to escape without trying to fight back, which they nearly always succeed to, since Mordekaiser has only 325 movement speed.

Why the Tenacity and the Slow resist ? Simply because, for a melee without any kind of mobility, I thought it could be good to a him a way to protect himself slightly from these effect. Plus, since he won't be able to hold the shield if he is not in a fight, he will nearly always have an empty shield when starting a teamfight. But, if, in a teamfight, Mordekaiser was able to ever get his shield to the point where he has his tenacity/slow resist up, he will be a pain in the ass. And I thought that thematically speaking, it was not a bad choice.

N.B.: All abilities of Mordekaiser will generate a percentage of the shield, who will be naturally changed according to the ability. Also, Minion will naturally generate less shield.

• Harverster of Sorrow (Z) : (Can be cast alone/on minion) Mordekaiser surrond himself and an ally with a siphon of necromantic energy. During this time, Mordekaiser rapidly generates his passive shield according to the number of enemy in the area of the spell. The generation of the ally zone is reduced if the ally is a minion. The ally gains the effect of Mordekaiser's Passive (Movement Speed/Tenacity/Slow Resist) while Harverster of Sorrow is active. During 4 seconds, Mordekaiser can recast to inflict damage in both area of the spell, scaling with the current value of his passive shield. The said spell inflict no damage if Mordekaiser has no shield.

I think it is a risky try, but I think it could do the trick. You will notice that I removed the passive. I don't know if that can work, but I want to put Mordekaiser in a spot where the enemy must think : we need to fight or else he will become too strong, but if we fight him, we maybe won't win. The idea is to make both bot lane feel they need to take risks when Mordekaiser is here. Because, if you don't, it will finish in the exact same way that old Morde, an hell of harrass with him crushing you under your tower without you being to do a thing. The difference with old Morde will be that, in this case, it will be your fault. And if you are Mordekaiser, you will be crushed under tower, because you don't want to confront your opponent to charge your shield. " No pain, no drain ".

• " Don't know heavy metal music enough to find a fine name to this new abilty " (E) Mordekaiser hit the ground with his mace, sending a fissure of necromantic energy in front of him. Minions are knocked aside.

" What is it ? " is what you are asking yourself now, probably. Simply put, it has the same characteristics of his Live E, the worst spell of Mordekaiser according to me, with more gameplay interaction. How ? Two things

• You can dodge it. In my mind, the spell " moves "like Varus'Arrow, for example, but slower, to allow opponent to dodge it. Try to dodge his E on live... You won't complain about Illaoi's Tentacles anymore (Just to be sure, it is a joke). The spell should also have more range than his Live E.
• " Why does it knock minions aside ? " Thought for bot lane, to help your support to land his skillshot (Thresh's Q, Bard's Q, etc...). Don't know if it can work as intended, but worth a try.

That is all. I know Riot can't simply take these idea into LoL for good reason, even if they were the best in the world. But still, i am an idealist and a guy that love this game.

So. What are your thoughts ?

No TL;DR.