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Mordekaiser Build Guide by Xivilai Anaxes

Mordekaiser, Lord of Obliteration.

Mordekaiser, Lord of Obliteration.

Updated on March 21, 2012
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Temzilla (211) | May 15, 2012 4:09am

1: Creeping death is actually better for farming and that's not even counting how you can sit back and throw it on a minion. Why is farming power even an argument for Morde? Morde just steps on minions. He doesn't care.

2: That's a load of ****. 12 resistance points and 36 health essential? **** off no.

3: You should be in the lane for a long time. Going back as Morde is just sad.

4: Heal is good vs hard lanes? Tell me how a mediocre heal is great and a regrowth pendant + pot is not.

5: Morde can easily solo top. Get over it.

6: A lot of damage? Lol good one.

7: You are just a **** player if you think dodging a moderate speed straight line skillshot is difficult (Which rapes her mana pool). I live in Australia with constant 200-300 ping and it's nowhere near hard. Charm even more so since it doesn't go through minions and if I recall is even slower. Also, Brand does have point and click abilities. Ahri does not.

8: Of course she doesn't go mid. That's why it's not about her laning in mid. Should I describe every best case scenario for everyone? "Don't worry about Leblanc, she'll miss every ethereal chain because she's new to her champ!"


If you believe 1-5 then you are playing against bad enemies, period.

6. Alistar does a LOT of damage. Q is AoE and does 240 base damage + 50% AP, W does 265+70% and you can 100% hit both of them in a combo every time they are up every 8-12 seconds.

That's 505+120% AP damage, and that's not Alot, not counting the auto attacks he can get off combined with sheen and his other items.

He can also just headbutt you away with W and actively deny you CS. Alistar is NOT to be underestimated.

7. You are a **** player if you think Pillar is hard to dodge.

8. So, she goes in a lane where you should never ever be, and she is a lane counter... That's REALLY useful info bro.

I can't say i didn't try to leave feedback.
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Temzilla (211) | May 15, 2012 4:01am
VKZ95 wrote:

most of the things you said are right tem except for 2 thing

mpen is better than ap quints especially when you get sorcerer because the percentage of damage you reduce from magic pen is even higher at lower mr if you lower someone to 22 mr for example is not a lot of difference but the extra 5.7 mpen from quints and then 20 from sorcerer's will drop your enemies' mr extremely low in early levels.

regrowth is less health regen unless you are in lane for a long time? ***** please i bring you math.

regrowth heals 3 hp per second in 2 minutes 30 seconds would be 150 seconds which are 450 health points you are even at 2 and a half minutes of laning and you still have a pot so no, pots are not better for regen just for movement. boots might be better when you are laning someone who counters you and you need health quickly but that's it.


AP is more damage early game when it actually matters, I run Spell Vamp quints because of their good effect all game.

Regrowth also is 5 times as slow as health pots.

Regrowth can't sustain your ability use in lane, your health costs eventually will be around 50 hp/s, so you would need 250 hp/5 to outweigh them in a team fight.

It's much more efficient to just get spell vamp, as little as 15%~ really takes all of the sting out of your abilities.

Mordekaiser has really high base damage, so he needs to build tanky/cdr, and he has a few ways to do this.

He also has really strong ratios and high synergy with damage, and can be built as a burst-mage.

I'm thinking about releasing a new Mordekaiser guide after awhile since i've been testing stuff.
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Xivilai Anaxes (7) | May 12, 2012 11:06pm
Wow. My guide reaches the 20 votes mark and every single guide bar Unforgiven's has its rating go to ****.
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Xivilai Anaxes (7) | May 10, 2012 9:55pm
Temzilla wrote:

Magic Pen is less damage than AP.

Q is your best farming tool next to E, it allows you to push, costs the same as W but does more, and allows you to

No, I'm talking about the 12 points of resistance combined with the health per level and 36 health at level 1. It's essential.

No, Regrowth is ****ty, and is only good for extremely confident mordekaiser's who know their character limits. Regrowth is less health regen than boots + 3 pots unless you are in lane for a very long time.

Heal is good versus hard lanes. Ignite is good against easy ones. That's how it is. If you're the one getting killed you take heal, if you're the one killing, you take ignite.

Regrowth is **** sustain. Solo top is a **** lane.

Alistar does a lot of damage and it's hard for you to meaningfully harass him.

Ahri's skillshots are far harder to dodge than Pillar of Flame, also, if an ahri builds glass cannon, they are ******ed. She has some of the best base damage in the game, and pretty mediocre scaling, her best build is Abyssal > Frozen Heart.

You don't even go top lane, that's why it's stupid. In Mid, you wreck her.


1: Creeping death is actually better for farming and that's not even counting how you can sit back and throw it on a minion. Why is farming power even an argument for Morde? Morde just steps on minions. He doesn't care.

2: That's a load of ****. 12 resistance points and 36 health essential? **** off no.

3: You should be in the lane for a long time. Going back as Morde is just sad.

4: Heal is good vs hard lanes? Tell me how a mediocre heal is great and a regrowth pendant + pot is not.

5: Morde can easily solo top. Get over it.

6: A lot of damage? Lol good one.

7: You are just a **** player if you think dodging a moderate speed straight line skillshot is difficult (Which rapes her mana pool). I live in Australia with constant 200-300 ping and it's nowhere near hard. Charm even more so since it doesn't go through minions and if I recall is even slower. Also, Brand does have point and click abilities. Ahri does not.

8: Of course she doesn't go mid. That's why it's not about her laning in mid. Should I describe every best case scenario for everyone? "Don't worry about Leblanc, she'll miss every ethereal chain because she's new to her champ!"
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VKZ95 (39) | May 10, 2012 11:38am
most of the things you said are right tem except for 2 thing

mpen is better than ap quints especially when you get sorcerer because the percentage of damage you reduce from magic pen is even higher at lower mr if you lower someone to 22 mr for example is not a lot of difference but the extra 5.7 mpen from quints and then 20 from sorcerer's will drop your enemies' mr extremely low in early levels.

regrowth is less health regen unless you are in lane for a long time? ***** please i bring you math.

regrowth heals 3 hp per second in 2 minutes 30 seconds would be 150 seconds which are 450 health points you are even at 2 and a half minutes of laning and you still have a pot so no, pots are not better for regen just for movement. boots might be better when you are laning someone who counters you and you need health quickly but that's it.
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Temzilla (211) | May 10, 2012 8:51am



1. I prefer magic pen simply since I don't bother getting a void staff.

2. Q is useless around level 2 unless your enemy is stupid enough to stay near you.

3. If you're talking about Veteran's Scars, I think it foolish to consider 30hp "vital" to a build. Seriously, that's 1 siphon? 2 caster minion shots? You call this vital?

4. Regrowth is helpful against certain champs and is easily better for the less confident Morde's.

5. Heal is bad. Seriously. You're throwing a summoner spell for health you get from your shield or even from your ulti.

6. Regrowth is sustain enough. Granted my solo top choice was ages ago when people were whining about Morde being "underpowered (lol)"

7. Solo Alistar can't do anything against you unless you casually let him knock you into a tower.

8. Ok. You actually think Ahri is good against you? Seriously, I don't even do boots start and she's ****ing pathetic. Her Q costs so much mana it's funny and you can easily sidestep the damn thing. Brand however has an AoE attack that isn't a casual laugh to dodge which combines with his passive to be a decent threat. The only way Ahri can even get a decent amount of damage off on you is if you let her charm you. You are a ****ty player if you get hit by charm. But lets say she uses her ult to actually get charm off. Not being worthless paper, she's not going to get you in one round of spells. Right now she's in minions and you have your ulti, ignite and all your spells. You will simply step on her since she actually is paper.

9. Fiora is a solo top counter since you can't sit at a turret to farm unless she's ******ed. Unless they nerfed her after her release and I didn't notice since I never really bothered looking at patch notes that weren't really relevant.


Magic Pen is less damage than AP.

Q is your best farming tool next to E, it allows you to push, costs the same as W but does more, and allows you to

No, I'm talking about the 12 points of resistance combined with the health per level and 36 health at level 1. It's essential.

No, Regrowth is ****ty, and is only good for extremely confident mordekaiser's who know their character limits. Regrowth is less health regen than boots + 3 pots unless you are in lane for a very long time.

Heal is good versus hard lanes. Ignite is good against easy ones. That's how it is. If you're the one getting killed you take heal, if you're the one killing, you take ignite.

Regrowth is **** sustain. Solo top is a **** lane.

Alistar does a lot of damage and it's hard for you to meaningfully harass him.

Ahri's skillshots are far harder to dodge than Pillar of Flame, also, if an ahri builds glass cannon, they are ******ed. She has some of the best base damage in the game, and pretty mediocre scaling, her best build is Abyssal > Frozen Heart.

You don't even go top lane, that's why it's stupid. In Mid, you wreck her.
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Xivilai Anaxes (7) | May 9, 2012 9:01pm
Temzilla wrote:


1. Don't use Mpen Quints, use AP.

2. Level up Q second.

3. If you want utility, go 9/10/11, not 9/0/21, the 9 points in defense are essential to any mordekaiser build.

4. Don't start regrowth pendant, either start Amplifying Tome + pots, or Boots + pots.

Regrowth is okay, but it doesn't actually do anything in lane, where as boots + pots or amp+pot actually makes your lane easier.

You don't even build it into anything.

5. You call heal bad.

6.

Morde does extremely poorly in top lane because he is forced to push in order to win trades, has no built in sustain mechanic, most tops can farm at tower, and he has no escapes from junglers.

7. You call solo alistar bad.

8. You call brand a hard lane, but ahri an easy one.

You also call fiora a hard counter, which is laughable.

That's my reasoning behind my downvote.


1. I prefer magic pen simply since I don't bother getting a void staff.

2. Q is useless around level 2 unless your enemy is stupid enough to stay near you.

3. If you're talking about Veteran's Scars, I think it foolish to consider 30hp "vital" to a build. Seriously, that's 1 siphon? 2 caster minion shots? You call this vital?

4. Regrowth is helpful against certain champs and is easily better for the less confident Morde's.

5. Heal is bad. Seriously. You're throwing a summoner spell for health you get from your shield or even from your ulti.

6. Regrowth is sustain enough. Granted my solo top choice was ages ago when people were whining about Morde being "underpowered (lol)"

7. Solo Alistar can't do anything against you unless you casually let him knock you into a tower.

8. Ok. You actually think Ahri is good against you? Seriously, I don't even do boots start and she's ****ing pathetic. Her Q costs so much mana it's funny and you can easily sidestep the damn thing. Brand however has an AoE attack that isn't a casual laugh to dodge which combines with his passive to be a decent threat. The only way Ahri can even get a decent amount of damage off on you is if you let her charm you. You are a ****ty player if you get hit by charm. But lets say she uses her ult to actually get charm off. Not being worthless paper, she's not going to get you in one round of spells. Right now she's in minions and you have your ulti, ignite and all your spells. You will simply step on her since she actually is paper.

9. Fiora is a solo top counter since you can't sit at a turret to farm unless she's ******ed. Unless they nerfed her after her release and I didn't notice since I never really bothered looking at patch notes that weren't really relevant.
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Wispofdoom (6) | May 8, 2012 5:09pm
Interesting build. Havent seen too many lich mordes in game. Hell, dont think ive seen any :P but anyways, good, detailed guide, but dont go hating on heal mordekaiser. I almost always run heal ignite on morde cuz it all skills run on health, so healing lets you spam a little longer, and during the early game, you dont have spell vamp or ur ult, making you argument against it a little shakey. Especially in the early game, if u or your lane opponent decides to go all out, heal can make a really strong bait. But not taking flash does get me killed during ganks (if i cant take the double that is :D)
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Temzilla (211) | May 8, 2012 7:40am

Good thing that I reached 20 votes, now all the jealous people too scared to vote with comment to vote on can now downvote so their own guides look good!


1. Don't use Mpen Quints, use AP.

2. Level up Q second.

3. If you want utility, go 9/10/11, not 9/0/21, the 9 points in defense are essential to any mordekaiser build.

4. Don't start regrowth pendant, either start Amplifying Tome + pots, or Boots + pots.

Regrowth is okay, but it doesn't actually do anything in lane, where as boots + pots or amp+pot actually makes your lane easier.

You don't even build it into anything.

5. You call heal bad.

6.
Quoted:
This leaves mid and solo top. In a normal game with 2 junglers, top is your best bet.


Morde does extremely poorly in top lane because he is forced to push in order to win trades, has no built in sustain mechanic, most tops can farm at tower, and he has no escapes from junglers.

7. You call solo alistar bad.

8. You call brand a hard lane, but ahri an easy one.

You also call fiora a hard counter, which is laughable.

That's my reasoning behind my downvote.
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Xivilai Anaxes (7) | May 5, 2012 11:11pm
Good thing that I reached 20 votes, now all the jealous people too scared to vote with comment to vote on can now downvote so their own guides look good!
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Hailcaster76 | May 4, 2012 3:20pm
This is a really great guide! This made me want to get Mordekaiser since i first saw it, and i'm going to be getting him very soon! Thanks!
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Gwaak (4) | April 30, 2012 2:53pm
Voted +1
Nice guide but maybe include more situational items.
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