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Mordekaiser Build 26.21

Mordekaiser is a walking one-on-one machine, and his ultimate is the whole identity, Realm of Death drags a single target into a private duel where he steals a slice of their stats and usually wins it. A comfortable pick at 50.9% and on the way down, he wants to catch someone with the E pull, stack Darkness Rise for the damage aura, and out-sustain them with his shield. He is slow and easily kited in the open, so the game is about picking the right target to banish.

#41 of 141 top this patch · 6.7k games

Win rate50.9%−0.3Games6.7kPick rate4.7%Ban rate6.7%Last 8 patches−1.6 since 26.14Damage profilei

AP 83%AD 12%True 5%DifficultyiModerateRewards fundamentals

The 10-second answer standard · 50.9% WR

Plated Steelcaps SkillsQ›E›W Runes

Shards

ClassicModernARAM Counter

173 champions

AatroxTopB49.4%AhriMidA50.9%AkaliMidC49.0%AkshanMidA51.2%AlistarSupportS52.7%AmbessaTopD46.8%AmumuJungleA51.2%AniviaMidB50.2%AnnieMidA51.9%ApheliosAD CarryB50.0%AsheAD CarryB49.8%Aurelion SolMidB50.6%AuroraMidB50.3%AzirMidD46.8%BardSupportC48.9%Bel'VethJungleA51.7%BlitzcrankSupportA51.7%BrandSupportB50.0%BraumSupportB50.0%BriarJungleA51.9%CaitlynAD CarryC48.2%CamilleTopB50.7%CassiopeiaMidC49.1%Cho'GathJungleS52.5%CorkiAD CarryB49.4%DariusTopB50.7%DianaJungleC49.2%Dr. MundoTopA51.1%DravenAD CarryB50.5%EkkoMidA51.7%EliseJungleA51.5%EvelynnJungleB50.5%EzrealAD CarryD47.3%FiddlesticksJungleA51.3%FioraTopA51.9%FizzMidS52.5%GalioMidC49.3%GangplankTopB50.7%GarenTopA52.3%GnarTopC49.2%GragasTopB49.8%GravesJungleC49.0%GwenTopB50.2%HecarimJungleB50.1%HeimerdingerTopB50.2%HweiMidA51.1%IllaoiTopA51.0%IreliaTopB50.4%IvernJungleA52.5%JannaSupportA51.4%Jarvan IVJungleC49.3%JaxTopB50.0%JayceTopC48.5%JhinAD CarryB49.3%JinxAD CarryB50.4%K'SanteTopD46.7%Kai'SaAD CarryB50.7%KalistaAD CarryB49.7%KarmaSupportC48.3%KarthusJungleB50.7%KassadinMidC48.7%KatarinaMidA52.1%KayleTopA51.9%KaynJungleA51.0%KennenTopB50.5%Kha'ZixJungleB50.1%KindredJungleA52.0%KledTopB50.5%Kog'MawAD CarryA50.9%LeBlancMidB50.4%Lee SinJungleC48.0%LeonaSupportA51.7%LilliaJungleA51.5%LissandraMidA51.2%LockeMidB49.2%LucianAD CarryC48.5%LuluSupportB49.4%LuxSupportB49.4%MalphiteTopA51.2%MalzaharMidB50.2%MaokaiSupportB49.6%Master YiJungleB50.2%MelMidD46.2%MilioSupportB49.6%Miss FortuneAD CarryA51.1%MordekaiserTopA50.9%MorganaSupportB50.5%NaafiriJungleC48.4%NamiSupportB50.2%NasusTopB50.5%NautilusSupportB50.0%NeekoSupportC48.1%NidaleeJungleA51.3%NilahAD CarryB50.2%NocturneJungleC48.0%Nunu & WillumpJungleB50.3%OlafTopA51.1%OriannaMidD47.7%OrnnTopA51.1%PantheonTopB49.6%PoppySupportA51.7%PykeSupportB50.0%QiyanaJungleD47.1%QuinnJungleB49.5%RakanSupportB50.8%RammusJungleC48.8%Rek'SaiJungleB50.7%RellSupportS53.1%Renata GlascSupportC48.3%RenektonTopB50.0%RengarJungleB49.3%RivenTopB49.5%RumbleTopD46.0%RyzeMidD46.4%SamiraAD CarryB50.2%SejuaniJungleA51.4%SennaSupportB50.8%SeraphineSupportB49.9%SettTopA51.5%ShacoJungleA52.3%ShenTopA51.4%ShyvanaJungleB50.1%SingedTopA51.1%SionTopB50.3%SivirAD CarryA51.2%SkarnerJungleS53.2%SmolderAD CarryB49.8%SonaSupportA51.8%SorakaSupportB50.1%SwainSupportC48.9%SylasMidB49.3%SyndraMidB50.4%Tahm KenchSupportB50.2%TaliyahJungleS+54.4%TalonJungleB49.6%TaricSupportA51.9%TeemoTopA50.8%ThreshSupportA51.8%TristanaAD CarryB50.6%TrundleTopB50.2%TryndamereTopA51.3%Twisted FateMidA51.8%TwitchAD CarryA52.0%UdyrJungleA51.7%UrgotTopB50.6%VarusAD CarryB49.7%VayneAD CarryC48.1%VeigarMidB50.5%Vel'KozSupportB50.2%VexMidS52.7%ViJungleC49.3%ViegoJungleB49.3%ViktorMidD47.5%VladimirMidB50.1%VolibearTopD47.7%WarwickJungleA52.2%WukongJungleB50.2%XayahAD CarryB50.8%XerathMidA51.2%Xin ZhaoJungleA52.3%YasuoMidA50.9%YoneMidB49.4%YorickTopC49.3%YunaraAD CarryB49.5%YuumiSupportC49.0%ZaahenTopA51.1%ZacJungleB49.7%ZedMidC48.5%ZeriAD CarryA51.8%ZiggsAD CarryB50.8%ZileanSupportA51.7%ZoeMidA51.6%ZyraSupportA52.0%

LoL ClassicSee how Mordekaiser was built in the classic eraMordekaiser Classic Build

When Is Mordekaiser Strongest?

The front half of the game is the strong stretch, and games at this rank average around 29 minutes. Mordekaiser wins by reaching that window with the items to survive his own banish, then using the ultimate to yank a carry out of every teamfight and delete them where their team cannot help.

Game timeline · Mordekaiser drag or hover to scrub · space plays · ←/→ step

your power minute by minute · gold = item spikes · small = components · dashed = objectives

Camps1:30Drake / Grubs5:00Herald14:00Baron20:00Avg end28:58

Ambush zone3:06–4:36 Power spike 18:01

12:07

13:30

12:07

18:01

0:00 10:00 20:00 30:00 40:00

At 12:00

Power 58/100 · Even

Core 0/3 items

Gold ~4.9k

Phase Lvl-6 window

Next spike Plated Steelcaps · 12:07

Mordekaiser Item Build

Mordekaiser is a magic-damage juggernaut who grinds enemies down with a damage aura and then banishes a target into a private duel he is built to win. The build stacks ability power, health, and resistances so his aura hurts, his shield heals big, and he outlasts anyone alone with him.

Standard loadout · Mordekaiser The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 500g

Doran's Ring×1

Health Potion×2 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Plated Steelcaps68% · 51.1%

Mercury's Treads32% · 51.9%

Situational items pick an opponent in the bar above — the right swaps light up

vs AP threatsTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.S

Spirit Visage1.2k58.1%J

Jak'Sho, The Protean31352.7%

vs AD threatsPhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.Z

Zhonya's Hourglass81754.3%R

Randuin's Omen45752.7%J

Jak'Sho, The Protean31352.7%

vs stacked resistsWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.B

Bloodletter's Curse16147.8%

vision controlFights are decided a minute earlier by the team that sees first.F

Farsight Alteration76054.3%S

Stealth Ward5.0k51.1%O

Oracle Lens95447.3%

Best Mordekaiser Runes

Conqueror fuels his drawn-out fights, ramping up as he keeps hitting a target through the ult. Round out the page with health and sustain so the extended duels favor him. He fights long, so everything should reward staying in melee.

The pre-game page Conqueror · Precision + Resolve · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Precision Primary

ConquerorGain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.

Triumph97% · 51.0%

Legend: Haste79% · 50.5%

Last Stand95% · 51.1%

Keystone plus three minors from Precision, two from Resolve, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Resolve Secondary

Bone Plating58% · 50.3%

Revitalize70% · 50.9%

Stat shards Offense

Attack Speed+10% Attack Speed

Flex

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Defense

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +10%Attack Speed+9Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)

Stack Rylai's Crystal Scepter first, then Riftmaker, leaning on his sustain to grind through the early game. The power is up front, so snowball while the lead is fresh. Once Riftmaker is online by roughly 18 minutes, the death-realm duel becomes nearly unloseable against most carries, which is exactly when he takes over. Rush that item and hunt isolation picks after it.

Mordekaiser Skill Order

Obliterate takes level 1 for a reason: the mace swing hits hardest on a single target, and that is all an early lane offers, while Death's Grasp at 2 and Indestructible at 3 stay at a single rank as Obliterate climbs to three by level 5.

Skill order · Mordekaiser R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›Q

Q›E

E›W

WMax Q first; E at level 2.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q14579max 9

W314151718max 18

E28101213max 13

R61116max 16

Mordekaiser Abilities

Obliterate is the swing that carries his solo damage, a ground smash that hits hardest when only one enemy stands in it. Indestructible builds its shield from damage he both deals and takes, which he can cash in as a heal, so trading into him only feeds it.

Abilities · Mordekaiserpatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

Darkness RisePassiveP

ObliterateMax 1stQ

IndestructibleMax lastW

Death's GraspMax 2ndE

Realm of DeathUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

ObliterateMagic damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+35 per ranklv 180lv 4115lv 5150lv 7185lv 9220Cooldown-1 per ranklv 18slv 47slv 56slv 75slv 94s

Mordekaiser Base Stats

Base stats · MordekaiserPatch 26.22

Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD61+4AS0.625+1%MS335Range175HP645+104HP55+0.75Armor37+4.2MR32+2.05Fury100

Mordekaiser Matchups

Mordekaiser needs enemies inside his aura, so ranged champions who kite him and refuse to walk into his pull can starve him of damage. Immobile melee targets he can drag in with his pull and then isolate with his ultimate are the ones he simply removes.

Lane matchups · Mordekaiser click any opponent to retune the console

Hardest lanes · click to tune

Best hunting

How to lane vs tanks 01Tanks scale hard; deny their farm and freeze to starve them.02Buy magic penetration; your abilities then shred their stacked resistances.03In fights, ult their carry, never the tank you cannot kill. Win rate by game lengthMordekaiser overall · all matchupsUnder 20 min53.0%20–28 min51.3%28–35 min51.3%Over 35 min48.3%

Ranged and mobile champions kite him for free, so mind Singed, Fiora, and Gwen, who never have to stand in his Darkness Rise or eat the E pull. Save the ult to isolate them rather than to open the fight. He crushes Gangplank, Gragas, and Cho'Gath the moment he banishes them one-on-one, so look for those matchups and build your game around the pick.

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