Talk:Mordekaiser/@comment-24951773-20170208000121/@comment-26203093-20170208020629

People build him AP because they shoved him bot and people couldn't figure out a way to have the team function without an adc, so they just pump AP into him to compensate. And then because pros did it, it's stuck. IMO iron man's shield should have an exponential armour scaling attached to it to counter the enemy ADC. Or I guess just reduced damage from ranged attacks, since last whisper will just turn that one around.

But the problem isn't that he doesn't have CC or mobility; the problem is he's countered by it. Hardcore just pushing through slows and CC, while not having anything to boost himself in his kit will give him a nice murderous pace, or just have ranged attacks clink off him as thematically expected would give him specific methods of taking down.