User blog comment:Echonaut/What Mordekaiser Needs/@comment-5781707-20130717231836

Getting early kills for morde is about baiting, if you have such problems, or making your opponene tbelive you can't deliver a potent quick burst early on.

I usually harras as i can while I farm i try not to overpush til enemy es in ~40%-50%, and I'm level 6-9 (later on siphon grows weak without AP and Children of the Grave doens't get actully powerfull till level 11 or about 200 AP), then, I let miself get hurt enoght to a similar level, but holding a shield around ~40% full, when your opponent think he(she /it has a chance and jumps in, quicly blow them with W,Q,Eand R after they flash due to its long range oir if your health becomes critical anytime. The natural spell vamp of this ability allows Morde to be such a good baiter.

I rarely run Ignite on anyone( not saying its weak, but I usually find that I can kill my opponents without the extra true damage) on morde I take Teleport so I can initially make quick returns to my lane if I was forced early (remenber that morde is quite weak before 6 or he gets his revolver, but I somewhat fix it with 9% spell vamp from runes & masteries) or to push crazyly if I force my opponent out/kill him/her/it. Sometime I take heal to perform huge health burst with it + Ulti.

Flashh is kinda enoght if you wnat to surprice burst someone, E and R can instantly blow an enemy at 33% and R can finish off an enemy at 35-40% with less than 60 AP early on.

Besides, Morde is usually not a full kill lane, he is not Jayce or Malzahar he can simply overbully his opponent to the point he gets fat with so much farm, and not even with a gank the opponent can properly recover

If you have kills while both your score and your opponent's is 0/0/0 is because of

1)Good baiting, the most commun Morde early kills

2)Retart suicide opponent (~silver 4 they dessapear)

3)SURPRICE burst, opponent with low MR and as alredy stated at about 35%

4)Good gank yay, ty skarner

Morde snowballs like crazy anyways, with a kill over your lane opponent and about 25% more farm you can kill him/her/it over and over