Just for fun Mordekaiser Rework idea
I'm not gonna pretend for even a moment that mordekaiser is a champ I play. I just felt, hey, why not give it a go?
So I'm keeping his passive the same. Iron man seems like a good enough passive as it is.
I'm changing his q to be slightly different. It's still an autoattack reset, but the final strike will deal AoE damage in addition to the previous effect.
His w needed a complete overhaul in my opinion. Just... it's too ally reliant. So I kept the passive effect the same, but changed the actives. He now either selects himself or an ally, he will gain one of two effects. If he selects himself, he will generate a small circle around him which deals damage over time. This will last for ten seconds. At the end, or after reactivating it, he will cause an explosion that deals magic damage and slows enemies. If he chooses an ally, however, it takes on a very different role. He gains a link in the same style as Taric's Bastion ability, and while he is linked to the ally, his passive activates based on their abilities as well as his own, and the ally gains bonus armor. In addition, he can still activate the active on himself without breaking the link. This means that you can keep your bonus shielding going without having to give up the damage, and allows him to either play by himself or with a lane partner.
His e was weird but I like the direction I took with it. It still deals damage in a cone, but if he's fighting on his own he will gain bonus health in addition to the bonus shield for each enemy hit, and if you're linked to an ally with your w, he will instead give them a shield equal to 75% of the shield bonus, decaying over five seconds.
His ult remains the same, usually. However, there's something fun I decided to add to his kit.
There's a card game I enjoy that's called Force of Will. In it, you use a leader to represent you, and if you pay the proper mana cost your leader can take to the battlefield in a strong form called a Judgement. I'm trying to apply something similar to some champions.
His Judgement activates much in the same way as lux's elementalist transformations. Hitting enemies with your abilities will charge a small circle above your portrait, and once it's full you can activate your Judgement form. This will drain over a period of time, and gives special bonuses to Mordekaiser.
First, Iron man now gives 25% more shield than before, and at the end of the judgement you restore health equal to 50% of your shield.
Second, his Q becomes much more deadly. He now selects a target from a medium range circle around him, and leaps to them, slamming the ground. He can do this up to three times, but the jump range decreases each time.
Then, his w gains a bonus effect when linked to an ally or used on it's own. If on your own, your basic attacks all deal bonus magic damage that scales with ap, and have increased range. However, it's when he's linked to an ally that his command over the souls of the living and dead comes to true fruition. He has the same effects as before, but also can use his ally's basic abilities from himself, albeit with reduced damage, and without giving himself a shield bonus for those abilities.
His E is completely changed during judgement. He now, instead of dealing damage in a cone, fires a skillshot forward in a zig-zag pattern, that ends with it exploding and dealing AoE magic damage that scales with ap, along with dealing bonus damage based on your current shield.
His ult remains unchanged during judgement. I mean, he already gets a goddamn dragon.
So that's my idea. What do you think? I know it would probably be broken but that's why this is just for fun. I imagine malicious would be appalled by this.
