Mordekaiser jungle?

[quote=TheJohn][quote=Temzilla] [quote=PsiGuard] Morde has a good damage trade in lane (or, at least I think he does now. Not sure how much this recent buff did for him). His early game 1v1 potential is comparatively weak, especially without his ult. He's very dependant on cooldowns to deal any damage, he has no CC and his shield is worthless against sustained damage. Its only helpful function is to absorb a couple hits or spells when you're trading in lane.[/quote] Most of this damage is backwards. Mordekaiser has one of the worst damage trades in the game in lane. His early game 1v1 is better than most, assuming he can attack minions as well as his target. It is indeed one of the most weak 1v1's in the game without a large amount of minions around. Cooldown reduction actually hurts him before he gets a spell vamp book. Mordekaiser's strength is AGAINST SUSTAINED DAMAGE, his weakness is burst damage. Mordekaiser's shield is a way to add incentive to aggressive play. [/quote] In other words, Morde is one of the worst picks right now and need a rework[/quote]

[quote=PsiGuard][quote=Temzilla] [quote=PsiGuard] Morde has a good damage trade in lane (or, at least I think he does now. Not sure how much this recent buff did for him). His early game 1v1 potential is comparatively weak, especially without his ult. He's very dependant on cooldowns to deal any damage, he has no CC and his shield is worthless against sustained damage. Its only helpful function is to absorb a couple hits or spells when you're trading in lane.[/quote] Most of this damage is backwards. Mordekaiser has one of the worst damage trades in the game in lane. His early game 1v1 is better than most, assuming he can attack minions as well as his target. It is indeed one of the most weak 1v1's in the game without a large amount of minions around. Cooldown reduction actually hurts him before he gets a spell vamp book. Mordekaiser's strength is AGAINST SUSTAINED DAMAGE, his weakness is burst damage. Mordekaiser's shield is a way to add incentive to aggressive play. [/quote] This may surprise you, but I actually agree with you. It seems like we're saying opposite things, but we're not. My earlier post was just kinda badly explained. Small burst damage, lone auto attacks, poke spells - Morde wins trade Early followup harass, aggressive play from an autoattacker - Morde loses trade Large burst damage, full nuke from a caster or full combo from a burst AD - Morde dies Long drawn-out fights in late game where Morde has a chance to use multiple spell combos - Morde is a lot stronger. I'd say that late game, Morde is vulnerable to burst and strong against sustained. In laning phase, Morde can absorb small pokes but is weak against aggressive, sustained damage. I'll simply redact my statement about Morde's overall trade strength and 1v1 potential. I haven't played against him very much since his buff, so I may have overestimated his abilities.[/quote]