Above is one of the reasons to play the great and all powerful Mordekaiser. If this isn't a good enough reason then there is a problem or your ignorant
Mordekaiser is an AP-Hyper Carry. What this means is post level six his threat as champions/teams becomes a target for him to laugh at. Examples of a few hyper carries include Darius Karthus, and Anivia. They become stronger late game; now back to our metal master. He can turn games around with one ult and make a team fight a 6v4. He has been known to do things that seem almost impossible such as a 1v5 PENTAKILL. Once you learn to play Mordekaiser and get a kill you will start talking like the picture below. I will teach you three different styles of Mordekaiser for each of the different spell vamp items.

Pro's Crazy farmer if following my build DOT gives you health from ult Ghost is great for teamfights Low cool downs No mana Shield Can carry a whole team if not focused Can possibly 5v1 crazy good pusher

Con's Spells cost health No form of Crowd Control Slow moving Easily ganked Focused in teamfights Pushes lanes very hard if not careful Teams with CC shut him down easily Easily kited Weak early game pre level-4

In the long run of the game this will give you the most ability power out of all the runes. It is a basic neccesity for most AP carry's in the game.

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This allows you to deal more damage to your opponents by penetrating their magic resist. This benefits you the most early game but will still have its benefits late game.

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So a champion that uses health for his abilities should have this because its health. Also if he is almost indestructible as is without runes he become almost indestructible with them.

Summoner's wrath: I get this because it helps when Ignite is on cooldown. This gives you increased ability power when it's on cooldown.

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Sorcery: I get this because it gives you cooldown reduction on your spells and most of morde's damage comes from his spells. This allows you to keep your shield up longer.

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Blast: This ability power gives you AP that scales. It's a recommended on all AP Carry's

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Arcane Knowledge: The magic penetration is really nice for an AP carry as most of the damage AP carry's do is based upon ability power. This helps you early game allowing you to deal more damage.

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Havoc: helps with auto attacking minions as morde's attack speed is slow allowing him to deal more damage.

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Mental force: this gives you flat ability power unlike Blast that scales per level. this benefits Mordekaiser as his main form of damage comes from his abilities.

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Archmage: This increases your abillity power up to 5%. Which is actually a very good amount for a mastery.

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Executioner: This gives you more damage if your opponent is below 50% health. This helps to finish people off with your Children of the Grave and Ignite combination.

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Wanderer: The increase in speed allows you to kite and escape ganks better. It's beneficial because Mordekaiser has a slow movement speed.

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Summoner's insight: This helps with the cooldown of Flash.

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Improved Recall: This helps when you need to go back to base.

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Passive: 35% of the damage dealt from abilities is converted into a temporary absorption shield. Shield generation is only half as effective against minions and monsters. Maximum shield strength is 90+ (30 X level). The shield decays by 3% per second.

This is what makes Mordekaiser so feared as a champion. it's like having a Barrier spell up most of the time. This is a tricky thing so I shall explain a few misconceptions with the shield.

Noob: I should always keep up my shield so I should spam my abilites whenever they come up cause they cant break through it!!

A: Wrong. The reason is that then you have no way to kite enemies and farm easily.The shield only blocks 630 damage at level 18. In the late game an ADC can burst through that in 3 hits so it's a matter of timing it.




1. Kills use this + ignite + your Liandrys torment and you get a ton of damage and most likely the kill.

2. Use it to change up the stakes in a teamfight put it on the ADC and wreck them all with two ADCs instead of one.

3. Pushing use it to take turret shots and deal extra damage or take Baron.

4. Life steal: use only when needed to stay in lane a little while longer.

So here is the combo for Morde more or less

For pushing W minions E when low then q to finish off stragglers

For 1v1s Put W on yourself and hit them with Q then E if they run away and use E if it gets up in time again.

For the sneaky trololo kills 1v1 Go in with about half health save flash for chasing first hit with E and W in THEN this is the trololo part they think your have no health or everythings on cooldown WRONG!! then pop your R and E them again if they flash follow em and ignite with and e to finish em. leaving them thinking WTF just happened?!

1st
Get the boots of speed for mobility and the three health potions because Mordekaiser uses HEALTH for his spells. This is a basic start for mid lane.

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2nd

So let me explain why this item is actually so good on Mordekaiser. So mathematically it costs less than both Will of the Ancients that costs 2550 gold and Hextech Gunblade that costs 3400. Spirit of the Spectral Wraith only costs 2000 gold. It gives you the same spell vamp as both items and it gives you cooldown reduction. The other components aren't useful to mordekaiser. This item can be sold late game depending on the enemies team composition and yours. I will go over the benefits of each item in the next chapter.

Too long didn't read: Gives you early spell vamp, ability power that is equal to Will of the Ancients and it gives cooldown reduction.

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3rd

As I promised above we will now go over the different times and uses for each of the spell vamp items and why they are so vital to Mordekaiser's success. Mordekaiser's spells cost health which I have stated before which means he would become weaker as a fight wages on. But, with a spell vamp item with more than 12% it allows him to actually gain health from his spells making it reasonable to spam all of your spell without worrying about the consequences of losing health. all of them practically resulting in a negation of ability costs. So now lets go into detail of the core items of Mordekaiser.


50 Ability Power
10 cooldown reduction
10 mana regen
(Unique passive) Butcher: damage dealt to monsters is increased by 25%
(Unique passive) Reduces the cooldown on summoner spell Smite

So let me explain why this item is actually so good on Mordekaiser. So mathematically it costs less than both Will of the Ancients that costs 2550 gold and Hextech Gunblade that costs 3400. Spirit of the spectral wraith only costs 2000 gold. It gives you the same spell vamp as both items and it gives you cooldown reduction. The other components aren't useful to mordekaiser. This item can be sold late game depending on the enemies team composition and yours.

Benefits:

1. Can rush early
2. Gives same spell vamp as other items
3. Cooldown Reduction
4. Can proc with Mace of Spades when farming golems
5. Cost efficeint

Cons:

1. Useless mana regen part
2. Less ability power than both Hextech Gunblade and Will of the Ancients
3. Doesn't benefit whole team

TLDR (too long didn't read): This item is for early rushing and cooldown reduction. And has the least amount of ability power of the three.

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50 ability power
(Unique Aura) Nearby allied champions gain +30 ability and +20% spellvamp (1100 range)
In total 80 ability power due to aura.

So Will of the Ancients has been a great item for me I recommend it 70% of the time. It gives the most ability power of the three spell vamp items. So if you need to deal more damage than shoot off more spells, this is the better way to go. practically resulting in a negation of ability costs.The spell vamp aura is also a major boost to any attack damage-based casters and assassins who deal their damage primarily through their spells, but cannot efficiently buy an item for spell vamp themselves as it would inhibit them from being efficient.The aura is very useful for champion with ability power ratios , but who can't really build into them , like Gangplank.Note that Will's prerequisite item, Hextech Revolver, will already provide the holder with a reasonable amount of spell vamp. The upgrade into a Will does not increase the sustain effect very much, and thus should not be a priority until your team will greatly benefit from the aura.

Pro's

1. Most ability power of the three items
2. Benefits the team with an aura and ability power
3. Cost effective
4. Benefits whole team

Con's

1. Doesn't give cooldown reductiom
2. More costly than Spirit of the Spectral Wraith.

TLDR: most ability power,spell vamp/ability power aura.

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65 ability power
45 attack damage
10 life steal
(Unique passive) 20% spell vamp
(Unique passive) your basic attacks and single target spells reduce the cooldown of this item by 3 seconds.
(Unique active) deals 150 + 40% ability power as magic damage and slows enemy targets movement speed by 40% for 2 seconds (60 second cooldown)

This item is great for Mordekaiser as it gives him the spell vamp he needs to stay alive and negate costs of spells. It also adds a bit of attack damage that is useful for his Mace of Spades as it scales ap and ad. It has a lifesteal component to it in case you are forced to auto attack enemies. It has a slow to it that helps synergize with Liandry's Anguish if you choose to do so. I recomend this item if you feel that Will of the Ancients isn't benefiting your team and you can spare some money. To really use this item effectively you have to use the active effect. If you aren't comfortable using actives stay away from this item.

Pro's

1. More ability power than Spirit of the Spectral Wraith
2. Attack damage component
3. Active slow
4. Life steal

Con's

1. Costs the most of the three items
2. Less ability power than Will of the Ancients
3. Doesn't benefit the team as a whole

TLDR: gives more ability power than Spirit of the Spectral Wraith, costs the most, has an attack damage component, and a built in slow.

Offensive Situatinal Items

Abyssal Scepter: This item is very useful to Mordekaiser because he is a melee champion and the enemies must get close to him for most of his spells. It lowers their magic resist allowing you to deal more damage. This gives you ability power and magic resist as well.

Lich bane: This item is for synergizing your Mace of Spades. So the damage is great with the passive spell blade effect of it that stacks with mace of spades.Also the movement speed helps with escaping. The only downside again is that it gives you mana.

Void Staff: This item gives you really great magic penetration and a great amount of ability power.

Zhonya's Hourglass: This item is great for mordekaiser. It gives him a lot of ability power and a decent amount of armor. The active effect is really good but your shield will still decrease.

Deathfire Grasp: This item is great by giving you a lot of ability power and cooldown reduction. The active effect is also great for killing prized ADC's.

Morellonomicon: This item is really useful on morde. It gives you cooldown reduction, ability power, and a wonderful passive ability similar to ignite. This can help you secure a kill almost guaranteed if they are low and you put Children of the Grave to good use.


Deffensive Situational Items

Cassiopeia: I've heard she counters due to her Damage over time and maybe her slow. But I havent fought one yet.

Zyra: She is the worst to be matched up against besides Teemo. She will snare you to death so ask for ganks when she is really pushing you.

Teemo: That little hamster thing is just annoying. His poison will kill your shield and take your health with it.

Talon: Its just Talon he wrecks almost All mids except maybe Cho, Diana, and Gragas.

Ahri: She can be a pain cause she is the queen of early game. But, once you follow the build and stay behind or in your minions you should be fine.

Malzahar: Just a pain no matter what you do.

Leblanc: her burst is the real problem. As long as she can't land her combo fully you should be ok.

Swain: His E will shred you to pieces.

Lux: She can be tricky depending on who's playing her and the style they use. Some can wreck you by using their shield to take your hits similar to what you should do to them. But her little passive gives her some more damage. So be careful and dodge those spells to not give her a chance.

Annie: she isn't very hard until she reaches level 6. Then she can outburst you with her spells. So try and make her waste her mana early.

Elise: She is a tough little arachnid. But, if you make sure to keep your shield up and not let her hit you with her ridiculously long ranged auto attacks you should be fine.

Brand: He can be tough due to his DOT. But your shield can negate most of the damage he can dish out.

Karthus: I haven't had the pleasure of fighting one yet but I will update it when I do.

Akali: I have played akali a lot as well. So I think she wont be too hard if you keep your shield up when she combos her Shadow Dance.

Vladimir: despite his sustain he can't escape you ult in that pool of blood.

Veigar: just super squishy. make sure to stop him from farming though

Katarina: probably the most feared mid besides fiddlesticks hahah. But joke aside you wreck her from farming. Her shunpo get close to you so put on Creeping Death and hit her with Mace of Spades.

Melee AP mids such as Troll AP Yi, Fizz, Diana, Gragas, or Kassadin

So in a nutshell there isn't a lot you can't beat. I know personally that even if IE: Ziggs has a 40 AP rune start over you doesn't mean he can beat you if you play carefully.

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1/13/13 Added New build information and added change log.
1/28/13 added new pictures and will work on improving the farming section. Hope to find a picture of Mace of Spades in action soon.
3/1/13 Added rune explanation