The Only Way to Play Mordekaiser (UPDATED) (12.16)
A GIGACHADS Guide to Mordekaiser
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August 26th, 2022 ⸱ 10 min read
Intro
-I assume you're here to find out how mord is actually suppose to be played not these trash u.gg "pro" build that don't know what their talking about. There's a reason mords win rate is not higher and it's not cause the champ sucks.
-I'm TrevOG a five time Gold veteran player who recently hit Plat and you can too, just follow this guide.
-You might be wondering why mord? What does this champ have that others don't. Well do you want to dominate completely and stomp almost any champ. Well mord might be for you. I firmly believe with a few exceptions that mord is one of the best top laners right now and in this guide i will go over it all.
Runes
The rune pages are not very complicated just take conqueror for all matchups with conditioning and overgrowth because they are broken but you can swap conditioning for second wind vs hard ranged matchups. This is really the only rune page I run nothing else really beats it in my opinion.
- Standard Gigachad Rune Page
Summoner Spells
Yeah we run ignite round here ignite is OP depending on matchup you will have to chose between flash and ghost i find in most cases ghost has been more efficient lately and it just feels better to use, but if you are a more traditional top laner even with how trash tp feels these days you can still run it. I personally run ignite tho. And lets be honest are you really going to use TP properly just go ignite. I would only go tp into matchups where you actually have no chance of winning.(see matchups below)
Skill Path
This usually never changes just max Q into E and so on.
Mordekaiser
Your passive with Demonic Embrace and Rylai's just allows you to slow and pump out that damage without even needing to hit them like a true sigma male.
Mord Q does GIGA damage single target and also gives a stack to your passive.
Mord is to much of a sigma male to walk towards the enemies so he pulls them to him combine this with his Q and an auto and your passive is up so its just ggs for them at that point.
Use your W to mitigate some damage during a fight or you can heal after trades in lane.
In true GIGACHAD energy you drag someone into a solo 1v1 duel where you just curb stomp most champs and beat away at their ego.
Items
We have a normal start with Dorans Shield the item just gives a bit more sustain in lane and lets be honest is just broken. We want to look to purchase Bami's Cinder on first back if possible or boots with components. Boots are just gonna be Steelcaps or Treads depending on the enemy team. There is no better mythic than Sunfire Aegis on mord with Rylai's and Demonic Embrace(can be built 4th or 5th) both being essential for his kit. Don't ever buy nashors tooth or riftmaker the items are so trash makes no sense why some people build it's just tanking the win rate. But after core it really depends on how fed you are vs how fed the enemy team is you want to probably look to build tankier unless you're really fed then you can probably just go deathcap might seem unorthodox but this is only if you are really far ahead but if not we want to look at buying either zhonyas, Abyssal Mask or Force of Nature depening on what you need more of. Zhonyas is usually going to be 3rd or 4th item really just depends on how ahead you are vs the enemy team you will have to think if you need the extra time in ult if you cant kill a hyper carry or just use it to buy time on CDs. Zhonyas also pairs well with Gargoyle Stoneplate these two items timed right with your W can give you incredible sustain. Grevious is honestly useless since you run ignite unless enemy team has 3+ champions that just do insane healing but for the most part you can get away with never building it.
Matchups
- Most people don't build it but watch for qss at all stages of the game useless to ult them unless you know its on cooldown.
-A good use of mords ult is to apply pressure at objectives such as dragon or baron you can ult the enemy jungler and they can't smite so it can be an easy way to secure it.
- Most champs that have summons or place things on the ground and such dont follow into mord ult so if there is a match up with those types of interactions wait for them to use it then ult if it's is a problem.
You never want to play this matchup either ban it or dodge.
Once he hits 6 its pretty much over just play safe and farm hopefully you can do something late game.
You never want to play this matchup either ban it or dodge.
He beats you every time no matter what even with ignite you can probably win a 2v1 maybe but junglers never come top so gl if you play this prob just /ff 15.
Surprisingly enough not a bad match up just W his stun and you should be fine should win almost every stage of the game id say he might scale a bit harder later so try and shut him down early.
This rat stands no chance.(If its really hard though just farm until 6 take ghost and run him down in the realm)
This matchup is pretty easy if you get hit by his E and the bois jump on you just W and kill them wait for him to ult before you ult since maiden and his bois don't follow him into the death realm so he pretty much isnt a champ.
All you gotta do is dodge the stun when you pull and should be good ult as soon as possible if you are going to all in him he will do a lot of damage at 6 and has a lot of kill pressure with his execute but with the hp from your ult and W you should be able to kill him and if you are running ignite its even easier. If you fall behind it will be a bit harder.
This lane is just really boring you can kill him pretty easily only issue is his passive which blocks mord ult so if you want to all in him you have to E it off of him and make sure you have ignite up or you probably won't kill him.
Just E his stun and you should be good pretty easy matchup.
Why is a mage top. /ff
Pretty sure his ult doesn't follow into your R so just wait for him to cast it to ult.
Just a super boring lane you might as well not have an ult (his oranges gets him out of it) just farm and save ult for when you get ganked depending on the jungler you should be able to kill them fairly easyly.
lol people still play this champ only problem is he can just run you around in your ult so rush rylies after Sunfire and take ignite & ghost you can probably catch him or he will at least us his ghost.
Absolute curb stomp you should never lose this lane just be careful about ulting if he has his silence auto up pretty sure it stops the cast and puts it on cool down. Besides that the lane is easy.
Fight early with ignite after 6 you most likely loss unless he just ran it down your lane in most cases you will ult him late game to keep him out of fights and hope your team can 4v4.
Just take small trades try to find an opening with his W on cooldown only fight with ignite up slightly difficult match up you can bait his stun and try to do something around that time but he is usually strong at all points in the game.
Lane is aids just ult jungler when he comes and ult him in teamfights hope they can 4v4.
Rush boots, only fight with ignite, and you can't do much until 6. Probably still nothing the champ heals way to much just hope you get ganks and most likely going to have to ult him late game in team fights. (This champ is one exception where grevious might help idk champ is giga broken heals half hp level 1 gl)
Lane isn't to bad if you proc your passive you see her in smoke screen so you can still land abilities if you get a chance to ult her when smoke screen is placed or down you should be able to win if you aren't behind. I also want to say that if you some how ult her with smokescreen on the ground it should disappear.
You will probably never see this champ top but I thought i would put the interaction here. If vi ults while you ult you pretty much dont get the cast off and it goes off cooldown same with most cc just thought id put it here.
You lose at 6 can't ult just save it for enemy jungler unless you know its on cd but he will probably save it for your ult.
Lane is aids just ult jungler when he comes and ult him in teamfights hope they can 4v4.
This champ is so overtuned but if you play it right the lane should be even i would just take small trades if any until 6 then you can probably fight her. Run ignite & ghost usually going to want to ult jungler if he comes depending on who it is. If you fall behind its probably over just farm and ult her in team fights.
Easy match up just poke him down in lane and at 6 you should be able to kill him pretty easily if not before 6.
Easy lane if she becomes too tanky to kill just ult jungler if you get in a 2v1 can kill early if she misplays just W her stun if you are going to get hit by it.
Super free matchup in lane until like 250-300 stacks you can pretty much deny him all farm early but once he eventually scales and become a champ again if you get a lead and keep it you should be able to 1v1 him all game but if he gets like 600 stacks game is just gg if you and/or your team is behind.
Not a bad lane should beat him at all points when he hits 6 look to E him if he tries to ult from lane to cancel it.
Counters
Warwick, Trynd, Sett are just some unplayable match ups cant really do much.
So now you know the GIGACHAD way to play mord if you follow this guide and don't play like complete trash you should be able to dominate the rift and climb pretty easily.
(POV: You after reading this guide)
