Talk:Mordekaiser/@comment-3463132-20150110223118/@comment-15244341-20150117161037

Riot's balance team actually believe DFG is important on Mordekaiser. The rioter that talked about the DFG removal mentioned it is an important item for him when it comes to midgame fights for objectives. The issue is that Riot doesn't really want to give any buff to Mordekaiser since he is pretty hard to balance. Same with Diana. They've realized they don't know if those champions are bruisers, mages or assassins. So they want to take a look at their kits and figure out what they want them to be rather than just give buffs which could potentially open an overbearing playstyle with little to no counterplay (which is already low for both champs) such as what happened to Ali when he could W+Auto with Sheen and basically that meant he auto won top lane with zero counterplay possible.

That said, I do believe Morde could use a bit of a buff. While not necessarily core for him, DFG is a pretty good buy and his removal will probably hurt him a bit.