How Good Is Morde?

[quote=ExamplePrime]Force of Nature and Rylai's Two standard items on him. YOu should always get them But I then generally get a Warmogs, Thornmail, Mercs and an Abyssal Scepter or Sunfire Cape for more damage. Maybe a Gunblade or Frozen Mallet for teh lulz People used to think he sucked but he is a super tough carry champ. If he gets left to free-farm champs and creeps he can have a nearly full build before you are even half way through. Also because of his sheild he is actually at his strongest fighting 3 champions and can take on most Melee champions. Since all his spells are AoE the more champions nearby the more he can survive so if you don't burst him down fast he can rip your team apart[/quote]

[quote=Freki]I found out that Morde is one of the easiest champion that I can recover from a bad early game ...[/quote]

[quote=Searz][quote=ExamplePrime] Force of Nature and Rylai's Two standard items on him. YOu should always get them[/quote] Add an [[Abyssal Scepter]] to that and it's all good. Those 3 items are pretty much needed on him. [h2]FFS people! Warmog is CRAP on Morde![/h2] Anyone with a shield SHOULD gear into resistances.[/quote]

[quote=JahGFX]Ap/tanky morde is OWNAGE![/quote]

[quote=Xiaowiriamu]My core build with Mordekaiser: [color=yellow]Warmog,FoN,SorcBoots,Sunfire[/color] Other optional items I get: [color=red]Hextech, GA, Rylai, AbysmS[/color] [color=green]"Stupid if you rush Warmog/FoN first"[/color] I do, and it works for me. Although it's stupid to win games :3 [color=green]"Warmog is crap on Morde"[/color] Meh I like the extra health, and besides I'm the tank for the team. I even got 2 warmog one game as a joke and ended up going 28/5/17, ranked game. 5.7k health, nom nom. never even went back after teamfights I was recovering so much health. <3 [color=green]"Force of Nature and Rylai's Two standard items on him. YOu should always get them"[/color] To a certain extent I couldn't agree more. [color=green]"Don't build AP Morde"[/color] Agreed, saw a Morde go 3 hex-techs, he owned in 1v1's but this is a team game unfortunately. He died in seconds in team fights after getting focused. Before any comments, people who say don't rush warmog/fon well play with me Normal/Ranked and maybe I can teach you a thing or two <3. Furthermore, Morde is OP! [color=yellow]so to answer your question: ON A SCALE OF ONE TO TEN, MORDE IS A 9. [/color] Also be aware that I only play Morde if I know I can solo a lane.[/quote]

[quote=Zeprido]"I'm the tank for the team" I don't mean to single you out here, as a Morde player I can tell you from experience that this is a misconception with Morde, he is not a full on caster, nor is he a "tank", he has no built in CC or built in ability to generate aggro or initiate. He can generate damage, and he can take damage. That is the role of a Tanky DPS champion. You build resistances on him so you can sustain yourself longer to deal more damage during fights with the damage items built on him. The more tank you build him, the less damage you deal, and the value you are to the team generally decreases as well. Warmogs is a situational item for Morde, and one that is usually on the bottom of my list for situational items. Morde has a built in "shield" or "buffer" which blocks all damage to your HP until depleted. This also scales with resistances like health does, and as such, more HP from items other than from rylais, or sunfires/randuins are just not needed. That item slot is better off being put to use for more damage, or better resistances. /rant on Morde[/quote]

[quote=PotatisFarfar]^ This pretty mutch, Always build items that are hybrid Dps and tank on mord, if you don't people will just ignore you when u tickle them with ur puny dmg[/quote]

[quote=B-Wong]WHY DOES EVERYONE GET FoN/WARMOG'S FIRST ON HIM. IT MAKES ME ANGRY. ESPECIALLY IF IT'S ON THE OTHER TEAM. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU It's just so bad! You have no HP, but you have a little bit of HP regen. Rushing Warmog's = you're fail defenses and will probably die just as easy if you rush FoN. If you're getting Rylai's or just HoG/Giant's belt->resistances then that works but DON'T RUSH THOSE FULL ITEMS. RAWWRWRWRWRWRWRWR FUCKING PISSES ME OFF WHEN I SEE SO MANY GUIDES GET UPVOTED AND THEY RUSH FUCKING FoN. IT'S SO FUCKING BAD OMFG. /rant I'm sorry, I really get freakishly pissed off when taht happens.[/quote]

[quote=Xiaowiriamu]Yeah he is a tanky dps, but usually I'm the tank for the team; by this I mean I'm the one who goes in first and soaks the damage.[/quote]

[quote=Zeprido]@B-Wong There is no problem with rushing FoN for the MR against an Magic heavy team. You should however never rush Warmogs on any champion, like I stated above, it's a situational item. [quote=Xiaowiriamu] Yeah he is a tanky dps, but usually I'm the tank for the team; by this I mean I'm the one who goes in first and soaks the damage. [/quote] There are other champs who do it better. Better off going in following a real tank, either target their squishy for a strong ghost, or their tank (preferably with lots of HP) for sustainability. You should never be the only "tank" when playing Morde.[/quote]