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Champion Sneak Peak: Mordekaiser[]

By ByronicHero[1]

Whether you're having trouble spotting your champion during those hectic team fights, or you just happen to be a fan of awesome juggernauts in massive armor carrying gigantic weapons, we may have a solution for you. Allow me to introduce: Mordekaiser Mordekaiser. If you have ever felt that your champion's aesthetic could be vastly improved by the addition of plate armor covered in metal spikes, this champion should definitely scratch that itch.

Gameplay Update: Juggernauts[]

By Colt 'Ezreal' Hallam[2]

Last but certainly not least, we took a look at ol' Morde Morde. Over the years, he's been a consistently difficult champion to balance thanks to his pretty unique mechanics. League's very own man of steel is a shielded shielded and manaless AP burst mage who's super slow, lacks crowd control... and is often played in a solo lane. So, rather than committing to balancing him in a patchwork fashion for the next few years, we decided to try something a little crazy. Here goes...

We're trying Mordekaiser out as a duo lane juggernaut, intended to step up in lieu of a regular marksmen pick.

Yep.

Morde's rework has some pretty unique aspects. For starters, Creeping Death Creeping Death now only deals damage if Morde and his targeted ally stay near each other, a change intended to help entice Morde into duo lanes the way we mentioned. Secondly, even if he's playing in lane with a support, he'll earn full experience from any minion he's able to last hit (support will get their usual half share of XP) This means that Mordekaiser, unless he dies horribly beforehand, will always hit level six way before his lane opponents, and will always have a pretty handy advantage when it comes to bot lane battles and early game Dragon Dragon contests.

Speaking of dragon, check this out:

Whenever he deals damage specifically to the dragon, Mordekaiser curses curses it - if his team's then able to kill it, Morde summons a specter specter of dragon that follows him around and fights for him. If you've ever thought about watching dragon and Baron Baron duke it out... well... now you can.


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Champions in Season 2019[]

“ So now that that's out of the way, let's take the roadmap somewhere a bit more malicious and way more metal. That's right, if you haven't guessed it I am happy to finally announce that we will officially be giving Mordekaiser Mordekaiser a full VGU. This means we will be completely building him from the ground up with new visuals, new kit, new VO, the fully armored package.

Mordekaiser is a Champion that has been highly requested by players for a full VGU for a long time, and in all honesty, he needs a lot of work. So expect him to have heavily updated gameplay kit.

That being said we do want to preserve the core identity as an AP Juggernaut, Where we will be primarily targeting him as the solo laner as after much discussion we felt like the core fantasy of a brutal, Armored Warlord of Death, felt like it matched that of a solo laner doing things by himself, rather than a Champion working with a partner in a duo lane.

I mean, at the end of the day Mordekaiser would rather send everyone he meets to his underworld kingdom, rather than, you know, give them a shield.

Stay tune later this year for the next roadmap where I will go further into detail on Mordekaiser, as well as talk more about some New Champions we have in development, including a new Assassin we are in very early stages on.

— Ryan 'Reav3' Mireles[3]
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Night Falls Over Death's Realm[]

By Ryan 'Reav3' Mireles[4]

Mordekaiser's VGU is pretty far along, so now I can share some more details on what we have planned for our metal overlord. As mentioned in the last roadmap, it's a massive VGU. We updated or replaced every ability on his kit, while focusing on keeping his gameplay in line with his unique role as an AP juggernaut. One of the biggest abilities you can expect to change is Mordekaiser's ultimate. We wanted to replace it with something that would make his enemies truly fear and respect Morde, with nowhere to run or hide from his indomitable malice. It won't be long before new Morde conquers the lands of both the living and the dead, bending the souls of all who oppose him to his unbreakable will.

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Champion Update: Mordekaiser[]

Mordekaiser OriginalSkin

Darkness Rise
Darkness Rise
Mordekaiser's basic attacks deal bonus magic damage. After three spells or attacks against a champion, Darkness Rise deals damage to nearby enemies and gives movement speed until Mordekasier is out of combat.

Obliterate
Obliterate
Mordekaiser slams down his mace, dealing damage in an area or bonus damage to a single enemy.

Indestructible
Indestructible
The evil overlord absorbs 25% of damage taken and damage dealt. Casting once generates a shield with this value. Mordekaiser can cast again to consume 50% of the shield for health.

Death's Grasp
Death's Grasp

Passive: Mordekaiser gains 25% Magic Penetration

Active: A deadly claw drags enemies towards him, dealing damage.

Final Chapter
Realm of Death
Mordekaiser banishes a single enemy champion to the Death Realm for a 7-second 1v1, stealing a percent of their core stats. If he kills his target, he consumes their soul, keeping their partial stats until they respawn.


Reimagining Mordekaiser: Behind the Scenes[]

Watch how developers rebuilt Mordekaiser's gameplay, visuals, and story to make him the lord of death he was always intended to be.

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Trivia[]

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  • Mordekaiser and PROJECT: Mordekaiser PROJECT: Mordekaiser are voiced by Fred Tatasciore,[6] whom also voices Graves Graves in Tales of Runeterra, Sentinel Graves Sentinel Graves and Benzo Benzo in Arcane logo icon Arcane.
  • Influences for Mordekaiser include the Death Knight from World of Warcraft, the Shugoki and Lawbringer classes from For Honor, C.T. Fletcher, and Dwayne Johnson.[8][9][10]
  • Lorewise, Mordekaiser was moved away from the Shadow Isles because Riot felt necromancy and the undead should exist in the other regions of Runeterra.[11]
  • One of the scrapped visual directions that could have been taken with Mordekaiser include making him a miniature version of the Immortal Bastion; his shoulders would be like crenelated towers, his legs would be like walls, and his armor would be more architectural.[12][13]
  • Mordekaiser's visual goals were to combine the aesthetics of the Shadow Isles and ancient Noxus.[14]
  • Inside the Death Realm players were initially supposed to glimpse Mordekaiser's infinite and unknowable nature. This was later changed to a faceless hood and a magic crown, with the idea being to not be able to see his helmet and if you peered under his hood you'd go mad and dissolve into lifeforce.[15]
  • During development his armor could explode off, revealing the twisted black iron skeleton underneath.
  • Mordekaiser's title used to be 'the Master of Metal' and was going to be 'the Lord of Death' but after playerbase contention it was replaced with 'the Iron Revenant'.[16]
  • During development his Darkness Rise Darkness Rise was called Harvester of Sorrow, referencing his pre-work ability Harvester of Sorrow Harvester of Sorrow. His Obliterate Obliterate was called Nightfall. His Death's Grasp Death's Grasp was called Creeping Death or Master of Puppets, referencing Metallica. His Realm of Death Realm of Death was called Damnation, Shadow Realm, Spirit Realm or Death Realm.[17][18][19]
  • One of Mordekaiser's scrapped voice over lines involved asking Kled Kled on their first encounter "What is... a taco?[20]
  • Scrapped Mordekaiser spells tested include:[21][22]
    • A version of his passive that would enslave the ghost of enemies if he scored a takedown on them.
    • A version of his passive where he would have very low attack speed but consecutive mace swings would increase his attack speed, basic attack range and evolve his mace into a flail.
    • A version of Obliterate Obliterate where his mace could turn into a flail and stick into the ground. Mordekaiser could then recast the ability and have a different effect based on where the mace head was relative to Mordekaiser.[23]
    • A version of Indestructible Indestructible where Mordekaiser would enter his wraith form and become untargetable but couldn't auto attack, similar toSenna's Senna's Curse of the Black Mist Curse of the Black Mist. During this time he would become weightless and float as if he suddenly weighed nothing, with the idea being that his manifestation in the physical world is transient.[24]
    • A version of Indestructible Indestructible where he would gain bonus resistances based on nearby enemies and gain slow immunity.
    • A spell that would fire a slow circular missile that would open a rift to the death realm.
    • A version of Realm of Death Realm of Death where Mordekaiser would create a portal around the target and himself, which, after a few seconds, would drag everyone to the death realm to fight.
    • A version of Realm of Death Realm of Death that would create two Dark Passage Dark Passage like objects at the locations where the target and Mordekaiser left to the death realm, that would allow other players to join the fight.
    • A version of Realm of Death Realm of Death that would fire a Fear Beyond Death Fear Beyond Death like missile that would send the target to the death realm.
    • A version of Realm of Death Realm of Death that would allow Mordekaiser to enter his spirit form and the first enemy who touches his spirit would be sent to the death realm.
    • A version of Realm of Death Realm of Death where the barrier around the death realm was a damage zone that would hit players with a strong damage over time if they tried to leave.
  • A Mordekaiser bug during development included one where someone would be permanently trapped in Realm of Death Realm of Death.[25]
  • During development some of Mordekaiser's abilities had AD ratios implemented. This was eventually scrapped due to having limited his item options significantly.[26]
  • At start Turret icon turrets didn't appear inside the Realm of Death Realm of Death. This was eventually changed due to lane opponents not being able to defend themselves when Mordekaiser was ahead.[27]

References[]

  1. ↑ Champion Sneak Peak: Mordekaiser
  2. ↑ Gameplay update: juggernauts
  3. ↑ Champions in Season 2019
  4. ↑ Champion Roadmap: April 2019
  5. ↑ Ezreal on Mordekaiser
  6. ↑ mChao on Mordekaiser's Voice Actor
  7. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/dinv9q/official_japanese_voice_actor_list_released_for/
  8. ↑ Kindlejack on Mordekaiser Influences 1
  9. ↑ Kindlejack on Mordekaiser Influences 2
  10. ↑ Kindlejack on Mordekaiser Influences 3
  11. ↑ mChao on Developing Mordekaiser's Lore
  12. ↑ Kindlejack on Scrapped Mordekaiser Ideas 1
  13. ↑ Kindlejack on Scrapped Mordekaiser Ideas 2
  14. ↑ Kindlejack on Mordekaiser's Visuals
  15. ↑ Kindlejack on Mordekaiser's Scrapped Spirit Form
  16. ↑ Shadow Isles and Death, Why Morde's title feels wrong and More (Making everyone happy, kinda)
  17. ↑ mChao on Scrapped Mordekaiser Ability Names
  18. ↑ Kindlejack on Scrapped Mordekaiser Ability Names
  19. ↑ Xenogenic on Scrapped R Names
  20. ↑ mChao on Scrapped Mordekaiser Lines
  21. ↑ Xenogenic on Scrapped Mordekaiser Spells
  22. ↑ Endstep on Scrapped Mordekaiser Ult
  23. ↑ Endless Pillows on Scrapped Q Version
  24. ↑ Kindlejack on Mordekaiser W Exploration
  25. ↑ Kindlejack of Mordekaiser Bugs
  26. ↑ Endless Pillows on Mordekaiser's Scrapped AD Ratios
  27. ↑ Xenogenic on Turrets inside the Death Realm
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