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Mordekaiser is OP again

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What do you mean by "Mordekaiser is OP again"? Did he get buffed?

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is a must buy on Mordekaiser. With the bufs to Sterak the trinity prock will do 360 bonus damage late game and it gives health which increases mordekaisers shield amount. And have you tried lucidity boots, in a cc heavy team comp extra cdr can be a good thing and the summoner spell cooldown reduction lets you have flash up more often.

Hey dana44,
I got a question.
How do you fight Singed as Mordekaiser?
I had him recently 2 times as enemy in the top lane and I got ****ed really hard both times.
P.s:thanks for the guide.

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Hi dana44,
I think your guide is quite comprehensive. I agree with @ RikudouDovahkiin though. You leave out some importan aspects on certain parts.
I used to play Mordekaiser a while after the Juggernaut Rework on bot lane, got my smurf to Gold with 10 Games (8 Wins) of only Mordekaiser + Blitzcrank Botlane. I used to build on the bot lane, together with and , which you think are good on Morde (and i do too).
Now I'm not quite sure why you would actually not build anymore. As you can see I actually also build similar to your build:

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I start with , and respond to the enemy team then. A lot of AD-> / ; a lot of AP-> / .

But a friend recently asked me, if I build on Mordekaiser, and I actually didn't know why you don't do it anymore. I often get the feeling that even on top lane it would still be a good item, considering that I often don't get my 3rd Q Auto attack through. The attackspeed would help with this, the sheen/phage effect is quite nice too, but yeah, the mana goes to waste.

I also don't quite agree with your Skill order. I usually max W, then E, then Q. But I think I should actually try E max second. This also depends on your matchup offcourse. Against some ranged champions E would usually be better; against Melee champs Q.

Nice guide though. I agree on your choice with , but also think @ RikudouDovahkiin has a reason to exchange it with Deathfire's Touch. I might even try this against ranged champions in my next game, depending on if I need the movement speed from or not.

Regards,
CS

Thanks for challenging me on . Since the nerf I hadn't revisited it. It was just too expensive and not useful enough compared the other options. I gave it another shot and now have to reconsider how to work it in. Today I consider it a maybe and maybe even as a replacement??

At points last year I did take a lot, but in season 7 every time I've used it I don't have enough of an impact to be the #1 choice. It's not a mistake since you'll always get your with it if you're smart, I've never really felt it tipped a battle. I find , provided you do enough damage to proc it with , often lets you get a kill to snow ball or escape death - which ultimately puts you ahead.

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Hello, 'Any ghost is better than no ghost.'' awesome lines awesome explanations but in some places, I think more detail can be added with a little more attention, I'm not sure why you regret , seems like the core of the build because we probably take to close the gap due to lack of sorcerer, but with same logic, it seems instead of and for boot slot seems viable isn't it? It still procs ult damage with Luden like blast, also is that good exchanging it for is sad *--* I luv how it executes target with combined power of , or maybe we should build all things that procs ult like , , to kill someone only with Ulti XD Ty 4 guide Mordekaiser skill priority is just too complex and unnecessarily mixed builds.

It was my main champion before, reworks and nerfs made things, even more, darker to see, understand, even if a player manages to understand and play well, champion's limits are 'limited'' because of his cripple movement speed which is cringing even if I like to play him *--*

Yeah, that last Rylai's nerf really hit him hard. I almost stopped playing him. After some practice without rushing that item I've found a build that works again. I've added some more explanation about the items. Not recommending definitely merits a paragraph!

is great for your ult, but the rest of the time it doesn't do that much more damage until late game. It is the start that is hard and lets you control all ins - you can usually escape if you're going to die or get the kill if the enemy tries to escape. doesn't impact the early game enough to warrant a keystone.

For your specific proposed build I have tried to build in early, but I just can't find a way. Early on a lot of damage is still AD since you haven't built enough AP items yet and will have the /. Lets say you're level 10 with ~7k gold spent on , , and either boots. Since hasn't full scaled up will net you around 12% more damage. Good, but if the utility of boots let you escape a gank they come out ahead. If when skirmishing you get a second hit with you otherwise wouldn't have, especially early on with , you're ahead with .

Ultimately it is 's extra hp that make it more useful. It isn't just the raw hp, it makes both the and Sterak's Fury shield stronger. The damage is almost the same and is only a bit slower, but will get you through the nasty slows that are thrown at you. And being a big slow ADC you know you will be a target. This is why I strive to build some defence in the spirit of a juggernaut instead of risking being a glass cannon.

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Hey dana44,

You have crafted very detailed guide with decent BBcode. But I wonder if I really should take over for this champion. Mordekaiser has no dash in his kit and if he get caught or grabbed by Blitzcrank or hook by Thresh how is he going to escape? And for example if he wasn't to dive in and target the enemy adc which is Caitlyn, isnt it going to be very hard to catch her and use his Q on her since she has 650 attack range, E which is a dash backwards and a team or just a support guarding her?
I am not a main Mordekaiser player, I am just sharing my thoughts

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