Talk:Mordekaiser/@comment-27083427-20151016171305

Just going to post up that while Mordekaiser's kit is pretty oppressive early game, there's a couple of things you have to remember. The first, is he takes the place of your main tower pusher in your AD Carry. That's a HUGE thing to give up. The second, is that to actually take advantage of Mordekaiser, you have to free him up from simply farming, and every time Dragon is up, you HAVE to group on it. In solo queue, you'll frequently find it difficult to get laners to group pre THIRTY minutes, let alone at 15.

For those who want a couple of tips on breaking even with Mordekaiser in lane my personal tips from experiences playing against him;

As an ADC, focus on clearing the wave. It doesn't matter if you miss some CS here and there. Just keep the wave off your tower. Don't ask for ganks unless you and the support both have CC, or SOMEHOW you've managed to chunk his HP. You will naturally outscale him once you reach a point where you can safely clear the wave. Particularly good picks into Morde are Jinx and Sivir, because they can comfortably clear the wave, and both scale well into team fighting compositions.

As a support, don't look for the 'big plays'. Play safe. Protect your AD Carry. If you have to eat a Thresh hook to stop him going in, do so. Help the ADC clear the wave, and be prepared to roam as soon as you see the ADC being able to solo clear efficiently. Good picks are Alistar and Soraka. Alistar can completely shut Mordekaiser out of getting to the ADC, and is a nightmare to tower dive, as well as having a built in sustain mechanic. Soraka has ungodly sustain, can assist the wave clear, and can abuse the very predictable patterns Mordekaiser falls in to in order to maintain her HP.

Mordekaiser only becomes threatening when he's allowed to snowball correctly. Being ahead in farm is meaningless when your AD can start safely farming. Set up plays around the map, try and get your support involved, either to pull their support away from bot, or to have the advantage 4v3.