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Mordekaiser Guide

the Iron Revenant

Fighter

Mage

Tier C Top

Mordekaiser, the Iron Revenant, is a fighter and mage champion of medium difficulty. Across our 427 analysed ranked games, Mordekaiser is mostly played in Top (100% of its games), with a 48.5% win rate in that role: tier C among Top champions (#45 of 51, ranked by win rate). Mordekaiser's damage is mostly magic (83%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 51.3% in long games (over 35 min, 74 games) versus 44.9% in short games (under 25 min).

Averages measured over 427 Top games played with Mordekaiser, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

Combos and how to play

Mordekaiser is a fighter-mage who plays with his shield: Indestructible stores part of the damage dealt and taken as a shield, which can be consumed to heal. His passive gives a damage aura after 3 attacks or abilities, Death's Grasp pulls enemies in, and Realm of Death drags him into a duel with his victim while stealing part of their stats.

The trade

Q › AA AA › W › Q

When: An enemy is alone within range.

Obliterate deals more damage on a single target, Indestructible converts damage into a shield, the third attack or ability triggers the aura.

The pull

E › Q › W

When: Several enemies are scattered.

Death's Grasp pulls every enemy in an area toward you; follow with Obliterate.

The duel

R › Q › W › AA AA

When: A carry is identified.

Realm of Death drags you and your victim into another dimension and steals part of their stats; if you kill them, you keep those stats until they respawn.

Laning phase

Obliterate deals more damage if only one enemy is hit: aim at a lone champion. Chain 3 attacks or abilities to trigger your passive's aura.

Common mistakes

• Casting the ultimate on a target who can beat you in a duel.
• Using Obliterate when several enemies are hit without need.
• Not consuming your shield to heal.

Riot's official tips for playing Mordekaiser

• Offense is your defense. Keep fighting to build up larger Indestructible shields.
• Hitting multiple champions with the same ability can help quickly activate Darkness Rise.
• Use Realm of Death on a low health enemy to guarantee the kill and keep their stats for the rest of a teamfight.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Riftmaker, and Liandry's Torment (63 games, 49.2% win rate).

Rylai's Crystal Scepter+Riftmaker+Liandry's Torment

63 games · 49.2%

Spirit Visage+Rylai's Crystal Scepter+Riftmaker

38 games · 44.7%

Thornmail+Rylai's Crystal Scepter+Riftmaker

37 games · 56.8%

Summoner spells

Flash + Ignite49.8% · 299 games

Flash + Teleport47.1% · 70 games

Exhaust + Flash33.3% · 33 games

Flash + Ghost66.7% · 15 games

Most-played runes

Conqueror + Resolve

48.0% · 350 games

Primary tree · Precision

Triumph98%

Legend: Haste74%

Last Stand96%

Secondary tree · Resolve

Revitalize82%

Bone Plating69%

Shards

Attack speed77%

Adaptive force96%

Health scaling76%

Conqueror + Sorcery

48.0% · 50 games

Primary tree · Precision

Triumph98%

Legend: Haste96%

Last Stand98%

Secondary tree · Sorcery

Gathering Storm96%

Transcendence96%

Shards

Ability haste92%

Adaptive force96%

Health scaling96%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Mordekaiser's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team53.1% · 113 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 50.6%

Riftmaker 51.2%

Spirit Visage 53.3%

Liandry's Torment 64.3% ▲

Thornmail 63.2%

Experimental Hexplate 64.7%

The item that stands out most is Liandry's Torment: 64.3% win rate, +14 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team47.5% · 120 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Riftmaker 49.4%

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 46.2% ▼

Liandry's Torment 44.7% ▼

Experimental Hexplate 57.9%

Thornmail 47.4%

Dusk and Dawn 66.7%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Balanced enemy team46.4% · 194 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 50.4%

Riftmaker 46.3%

Liandry's Torment 47.1%

Thornmail 48.6% ▼

Spirit Visage 58.6% ▲

Experimental Hexplate 55.2% ▼

The item that stands out most is Spirit Visage: 58.6% win rate, +5 points versus its usual win rate.

Counters and matchups

How to play against Mordekaiser

• Mordekaiser builds up a powerful damage aura when fighting champions, so keep your distance.
• Damage he deals can be converted into a large shield, and consumed for health
• Realm of Death will cut you off from your teammates completely. Try to save mobility spells to escape Mordekaiser once inside

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Mordekaiser's matchups.

Abilities

PassiveDarkness Rise

Mordekaiser gains a powerful damage aura and Move Speed after landing 3 attacks or spells against champions or monsters.

QObliterate

Mordekaiser smashes the ground with his mace dealing damage to each enemy struck. Damage is increased when hitting a single enemy.

WIndestructible

Mordekaiser stores damage he deals and takes to create a shield. He may consume the shield to heal.

EDeath's Grasp

Mordekaiser pulls all enemies in an area.

RRealm of Death

Mordekaiser drags his victim to a different dimension with him and steals a portion of their stats. If he kills them, he keeps the stats until the victim respawns.

Frequently asked questions

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