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Choose Champion Build:
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Mid Mordekaiser
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Top Mordekaiser
Recommended Items
Spells:
Flash
Ignite
Items
Ability Order
Darkness Rise (PASSIVE)
Mordekaiser Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Extreme
Major
Even
Minor
Tiny
None
Low
Ok
Strong
Ideal
Swain
Go afk
Ideal
Strong
Ok
Low
None
Introduction
Welcome to my guide i am SHiro. This is my guide about Mordekaiser. I am planning making a guide for Swain too in near future. Orange parts are important parts
green parts are optional parts. Firstly I want to mention i am not brazilian.(not racist too :b)

Let's talk about our guy. Morde is a tanky ap caster who hasn't got any natural CC or gap close.(it sucks)Morde's job in TF is getting a ghost of enemy adc and stay alive while he got the ghost. Ghost will dissappear instantly if you die.

Picking him no matter what can cause a lot of problems .Well thankfully there is a list over there, ssshh look down
-If your team got a strong assassin that can take out easly take out enemy adc in team fights.(rengar,zed)
-If your team needs an off tank
-(When playing Ranked)Morde is good and sometimes an awesome pick against most mid laners. If your oppenent get crazy-gap close-assassin-trader-snowball character ( i mean akali :b) mordekaiser will be a really strong choise.(He is basically strong agaisnt all kind of assasin)
-If your team got a Counter-jungle based jungler(such as
Shaco or maybe
Lee Sin) you can safely choose this metal guy
-If your team got a strong assassin that can take out easly take out enemy adc in team fights.(rengar,zed)
-If your team needs an off tank
-(When playing Ranked)Morde is good and sometimes an awesome pick against most mid laners. If your oppenent get crazy-gap close-assassin-trader-snowball character ( i mean akali :b) mordekaiser will be a really strong choise.(He is basically strong agaisnt all kind of assasin)
-If your team got a Counter-jungle based jungler(such as




Cons
Short casting distance
Needs an assassin in team
Can't deal with slow stun blah blah
Uses health
Isn't tanky enough in late game (this is where you need an assassin)
Hue hueh eueheueheueh ehueheeeu

Pros
Uno bro es numero cro
Kaiser means king in german
References from heavy metal songs
SHIELDDDDDDDD!
Aoe damage
Pushes hard (thats more like a tweak)
Strong Mid Game
Can change TF
Duelist
Instant harrass

Ability power will give us more dam in laning. After getting these runes try poking in lv 1-2.(don't poke champions who got harrasing shield,



Will make us tougher against ap


We are building morde as an off tank. In this build tanky items like spirits visage take place of magic pen items in normal ap caster builds. Also having some pen in late game will make us a little bit stronger.


Armour will give us a huge advantage against ad mid laners(altough morde has no problem against them) Also armour runes will make us a little bit tanky in Team fights


Morde is an ap caster sooo? Some builds recommend mobility this is also a viable option will help us to escape from gangs and also will make chasing enemies little bit easy
15 points in Attack: As a mid laner we need some ap to play agresivly so we get basic agresive ap masteries.
15 points in Tank: Well... our second job is being a tank . (Mordekaiser always have to be a little bit tanky due to his short spell casting distance)And also
this mastery goes realy well with mordekaiser espicialy when combined with
. They will help us to spam our skills more. Instead of getting armour we get %5 ap bonus if you want you can also get some speed boost from utility page
15 points in Tank: Well... our second job is being a tank . (Mordekaiser always have to be a little bit tanky due to his short spell casting distance)And also


We have 2 different viable skill sequance for
Mordekaiser.
You can max
Creeping Death 2th when facing with a melee assasin like
Yasuo,
Talon. After getting a ryla
Creeping Death will be more and more effective against asasins who can't get away after making a trade
Kassadin,
Diana,
Fizz. Also target of
Creeping Death gain extra magic resistance and armour.This is what we mostly gonna use as top Morde.
If you're laning against a caster or a quick trader type assassin
Akali,
Katarina,
Zed max
Mace of Spades second it will give you a better burst.









If you're laning against a caster or a quick trader type assassin
















HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO IT?(this skill is the most complicated skill in our kit)
This skill has %130 spell vamp (shield add %30) if you use it on a tank you will gain huge amount of health and regeneration buff for 10 seconds. Don't ultimate tank unless you have to survive. If you ultimate Adc carry you can melt tf with it and gain %20 of its ad and ap. Also ghost will gain %75 of your ad and ap(this was why we got ad mordekaiser top ,note: don't try it ,after q nerf ad mordekaiser is nearly useless). Lastly ghost is doing magic damage and can't use any of it's skills except non switch passives while




Starting Items
1st Viable Start



2nd Viable Start



3rd Viable Start




Mid Game Items
MID-LANE


TOP-LANE



Late Game Items
MID-LANE






TOP-LANE







Explanation of Items
(After i wrote all of usages I just realised I used formal language too much, you can get bored while reading)




























BOOTS







Mordekaiser have two passive ability for TF:
Hue hue hue hue hue: Annoys enemy team and causes fear this effect will stack in every successful Brazilian laugh
Smash that minions:
Making Mordekaiser push his lane with all his might without giving any sheep to farming. This ability also makes mordekaiser yolo enemy team and starts a team fight with his dead
Team work means team fight so let's talk about mid game Team fights of Mordekaiser. In those fights you will have a death fire , ryla and Ionia boots. Al of these items will grant us 220 ap %15 percentage health and %20 damage boost . That seems enough for taking adc out. In TF try to be second or third person who dives into enemy team. If your team got tanks or off tanks let them go first don't try to be a hero. After diving enemy team target ad carry start with death fire then nuke her using your ultimate. Try to nuke down adc as fast as you can. After you get Adc you will be super tanky, with your abilities and %100 shield vamp from your ghost's attacks. You won't believe your eyes when you see how fast morde ends TF.
Doing same thing will get harder and harder by the time passes so we will get a Zhonya as 3rd item. Only thing changes in late game is you have to use active after getting adc and let your armour shine bright yellow. Also don't forget commanding your ghost before shinning.
Items and ultimate notes:
Guardian: angel has a great synergy with ultimate it makes you survive even longer and while respawning you can command your ghost. You can get it as a 3rd item instead of Zhonya if your team fights starts with getting ultimated by

Liandry: have a huge energy with our ultimate and all other things we need as mordekaiser: magic pen health ap and percentage damage which can be boosted by our core ryla. Although this item seems great ,percentage health damage works on current health and this ruins that item cause mordekaiser have to nuke down ADC and this item is ONLY FOR MELTING TANKS. This means that item has no usage for mid


Will of ancients: boosts our ultimate and make spell vamping %150 instead of %130. That doesn't seem like big difference but after you get spirits visage number's will be %174 and %150 still not a big difference.
Banshee: if you want to nuke adc you must be close to him. This item will help you to get near enemy adc easier.
Spirits visage: will boost heal from ultimate and it have some CDR
BLOW ALL MINIONS UP
Mordekaiser aoe makes him one of the strongest pusher in game but not a great farmer. Using all abilities on minions like
Zed do don't grant us farm. Always remember that while farming. If you use
Siphon of Destruction on a wave use a creeping death to clean rest. Don't cast
Siphon of Destruction unless you can poke your enemy ,try farming with q and w. If you feel like you can't farm enough give 1 more point to w.
Mordekaiser pushes lane really hard and mostly his lane opponent farming under tower. Instead of waiting in front of enemy tower for a chance to poke , farming wre *cough birds will be a better option. Smash buttons and clean camp.
Note: don't try to kill monsters with buffs until you hit 5. Grommy grompy I am not sure about the name dat big frog-like monster isn't a wise choice to farm.
Mordekaiser aoe makes him one of the strongest pusher in game but not a great farmer. Using all abilities on minions like



Mordekaiser pushes lane really hard and mostly his lane opponent farming under tower. Instead of waiting in front of enemy tower for a chance to poke , farming wre *cough birds will be a better option. Smash buttons and clean camp.
Note: don't try to kill monsters with buffs until you hit 5. Grommy grompy I am not sure about the name dat big frog-like monster isn't a wise choice to farm.

Things that make mordekaiser different from other champions are his Ultimate
Children of the Grave and passive
Iron Man
Sooooo... Our build and also gameplay must focus on them. I already talk about build CDR makes you tankier , percentage damage boost makes ultimate stronger blah blah blah.
But what about game play? This part will be about how you effectively use your vogue skills.(probably gonna be boring)
MID MORDEKAISER
In lane: Use
Siphon of Destruction only for poking always keep your shield up by using other abilities. Don't spam your abilities untill you get some health(after getting a giant belt). MIND your health and try keeping your lane opponent's health lower than %60. Play balanced untill level 6 if you get ganked before 6 ,escape. After 6 you can consider fighting back try getting death fire as soon as possible. After you complete it you can easily get a double kill.
Note: don't complete boots until team fights cause CDR based tackiness will mostly work in TF . Another important thing: while building Ryla start with giants belt it will make you harder to knock down when ganked.
In TF: start with casting w on diving tank it will make him tankier ,add damage and maybe help you to get some assist. After tank try going near adc as fast as you can then nuke him. After you get ghost, cast e on enemy team and get away. Before getting away don't forget commonding your ghost to attack foes chasing you.
TOP MORDEKAISER
In lane: poke against glass cannons. Try to win trades against tanks. Trading isn't a big problem for us but remember Morde weak against cc so trading with champions like
Maokai won't end good for us.
Note: after you get ryla and hexetech you will be a great duelist for top lane so you can try getting a double kill from ganks but if both jungler and lane opponent got a lot of cc don't try it. Start with tanky parts of items while building
In TF: If your aim being super tanky, ultimate enemy tank liandry and ryla combination will melt huge amount of his health. If you're working with your team's assassin ultimate adc this will slow adc for 13.5 seconds and mark him to make him easier to spot. If your assassin made a successful assassination flash back if it's on cooldown up go near your ghost.
Note : after you get spirits visage, with a ultimated tank ,your tankiness level will be over 9999999999999
That's all Check out summary for more info


Sooooo... Our build and also gameplay must focus on them. I already talk about build CDR makes you tankier , percentage damage boost makes ultimate stronger blah blah blah.
But what about game play? This part will be about how you effectively use your vogue skills.(probably gonna be boring)
MID MORDEKAISER
In lane: Use

Note: don't complete boots until team fights cause CDR based tackiness will mostly work in TF . Another important thing: while building Ryla start with giants belt it will make you harder to knock down when ganked.
In TF: start with casting w on diving tank it will make him tankier ,add damage and maybe help you to get some assist. After tank try going near adc as fast as you can then nuke him. After you get ghost, cast e on enemy team and get away. Before getting away don't forget commonding your ghost to attack foes chasing you.
TOP MORDEKAISER
In lane: poke against glass cannons. Try to win trades against tanks. Trading isn't a big problem for us but remember Morde weak against cc so trading with champions like

Note: after you get ryla and hexetech you will be a great duelist for top lane so you can try getting a double kill from ganks but if both jungler and lane opponent got a lot of cc don't try it. Start with tanky parts of items while building
In TF: If your aim being super tanky, ultimate enemy tank liandry and ryla combination will melt huge amount of his health. If you're working with your team's assassin ultimate adc this will slow adc for 13.5 seconds and mark him to make him easier to spot. If your assassin made a successful assassination flash back if it's on cooldown up go near your ghost.
Note : after you get spirits visage, with a ultimated tank ,your tankiness level will be over 9999999999999
That's all Check out summary for more info
Thanks for reading my guide.
You can follow my Facebook page (still working on it) Lol_Shiro I am writing about my building ideas in there
If you have any problems comment it
Also all of my guides will have Shiro-Chan image (first image in introduction). So don't mistake my guides with others.
If you want to learn why i don't recommend spell vamp for Morde contact me or check out Q\S part
(Top Morde isn't finished yet)
You can follow my Facebook page (still working on it) Lol_Shiro I am writing about my building ideas in there
If you have any problems comment it
Also all of my guides will have Shiro-Chan image (first image in introduction). So don't mistake my guides with others.
If you want to learn why i don't recommend spell vamp for Morde contact me or check out Q\S part
(Top Morde isn't finished yet)
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