Talk:Mordekaiser/@comment-24951773-20150415052316/@comment-24951773-20150415170215

I understand what you're saying Will, but Morde will never be a viable pick in ANY meta without either of those, because there will always be other champs (Mao, Rumble, Gragas, etc.) that do Morde's job much, much better than he does.

"He thrives in crowds" - No he doesn't. He used to be able to build full AP and blow people up. Riot nerfed his base damages and ratios because they want him to be built tank. That's fine. Now he stands in the middle of fights not doing damage and getting ignored by the enemy champs that he cant stop from getting to his backline.

"He already has a lot of tools for taking advantage of enemy numbers" Again, no. At least not anymore. If Riot had followed through on the proposed changes of making his passive shield scale not off the damage he does with spells but with his own %hp, then he would have some sustain. That would make his early game and laning phase much better, and while he would no longer be able to blow anyone up, he would at least be a little tougher to bring down.

And how does having CC not factor into his theme? Are you saying that getting smacked across the face with that giant mace wouldn't stun or slow anyone down? Why not put a taunt somewhere into his kit?

As I said, I don't think there is ANYTHING Riot can do short of a full rework to make Morde a viable pick in any lane.