rylais gives you a slow, allowing you to pretend to have cc. it also gives you a decent bit of health, and 80 AP. rabadons pretty much increases your AP by half. All AP get Rabadons because it gives so much. 155 AP, plus the passive, that's about 220 AP in total. as for spell pen, i get all spell pen items and runes as possible, excluding haunting gaze. its good early game, but after 25 minutes it doesnt bring much to the table. as for CDR i actually get around 27% sometimes and I know CDR is awesome on him, but It's only good if they are going after you. If not just sit back and burst them down. I don't always get this, sometimes I get a spirit Visage but that's occasionally. thanks for the feedback and I'll try out the CDR

Have to -1 for several reasons.



Rabadon's death cap is bad damage wise.

Hourglass is good, so is FoN and WotA, but really, i can't support Rylai's or rabadon's, they just don't bring enough to the table to justify item slots.

I run 40% CDR on morde, and 22 just feels anemic.

AP morde is terrible, you should stack spell pen and CDR if you want to increase damage.

I like getting a few tank items because Morde requires you to get up close there to do damage. a well-timed ignite/exhaust/hard cc WILL get you killed. I don't care if you kill their carry and die, it just becomes a 4v4. one or two tank items keep you alive for much longer, letting the ghost wail on them for much longer. Gunblades are pretty legit and so are lich banes, but honestly there are better items for my playstyle and there aren't enough spaces in my inventory. my end game build is usually sorc shoes, rylais, FoN, hourglass, rabadons, void staff/will of the ancients. i get void if theyre stacking MR, and i'll get will of the anc. if they don't have too many ignites

I can see room for a few changes, such as removing ALL your tanky items (save for the Will of the Ancients) for items better suited to casters. I'm actually working on an AP Morde build as well and I have found (through many games) that getting Hextech Gunblade(s) works extremely well, as does getting a Lich Bane.

When i put rabadons i meant it as a core item. if you are going AP, the extra 40% AP in needed. whenever i play against any good team a good ignite, exhaust or any hard cc can shut you down. thanks for the feedback

+1

Masteries and items are doin it VERY right. I don't agree on the runes personally, and I heavily disagree on the "ranked play" bit, because Morde is an amazing way to break (or prevent in my case) ELO hell. He's an amazing anti-carry that can shut down the enemy team after the slightest mistake. Also not majorly fond of the early rabadons, would at least get Negatron and Chain before it. Still pretty solid.

BTW as the Items, I listed all the ones that synegize with morde. you should mix and match the ones you like