Talk:Mordekaiser/@comment-5588011-20150824134320/@comment-26203093-20150824190505

Which is exactly why you want to build him tanky. Gunblade isn't stat efficient enough for the lifesteal to be worthwhile; if you read the comments you'll know why - Straight up more damage is better due to the shield, but the shield easily caps unless you have enough health. Second grade math is why you don't build mordekaizer for raw damage. Simple logic is why you build him tanky: his damage and sustain is based on high base efficiency, low cooldown abilities so the longer the fight goes on, the better his chances. If you ghost someone, his own damage even stops mattering - since so long as he's alive, the ghost's alive (unless they're stupid enough to focus it) and that thing is worth a whole champion. Not to mention he even gains part of their stats making offensive stats even more redundant. Liandry's passive doesn't benefit his shield which is where most of the cost goes - most of the targets that receive his damage since it's aoe have too high MR to make sorcerers boots effective - deathcap requires stacking AP that he can't afford  - rylai's the only thing on that list worth getting, and even that is situational based on your setup. if they can dash away, the slow doesn't last long enough so randuin's a better bet, but still a great item on him since it makes him reliable, which is what he desperately needs.