Talk:Swain/@comment-70.67.17.95-20120831175246/@comment-1902684-20120901094747

Champs with DoT's are Morde's problem, since they don't try to directly bash down his passive, they plant damage and let it rip his shield apart while the shield just falls off on it's own and then starts to rip him apart. Also they can pop in and drop the DoT and run before Morde has to much of a chance to collect a shield from them if they are quick about putting it on Morde.

Also, DoT damage is usually fairly strong compared to instant burst damage, which means the DoT may have a better chance to break through the shield than the burst champ along with DoT mages usually having more than one DoT which means they drop 2 or 3 forms of sustained damage on Morde while Morde has only one shield since you've probably walked away/out of range while the Burst mage rips off Morde's shield, Morde refills his shield while hurting the Burst Mage and the Burst mage throws out another spell to repeat the process