Abilities
Yeah so you probably are new to mordekaiser, so I will tell you all the abilities and why i upgrade them first. II
Q- smash the ground and if the person is alone then you do even bigger dmg- I upgrade it first because it is strong in all situations, waveclear, fighting II
W- You stack your passive (you do not have mana) from taking/dealing dmg and more of the bar you have more shield you have. Common ability which is really useful in fights ALSO if you recast it you gain hp from your decaying shield. II
E- Passive- magic % penetration- use- you pull champ towards you, if you do it backwards it is really good for running. You can upgrade it first if you want to cheese fights II
R- Brazil, you steal their statistics such as armors, magic resists, ap, hp, ad. Also you trap them in your dimension. Consider ulting people on lane if they are behind you (you can make that with your E) so they have less space to escape from you. II
Passive- if you attack them three times you summon a circle around you which deals dmg and while it is active you gain some movement speed.
Mordekaiser
Mordekaiser top is a really strong pick in elo lower than master. You can use your dmg to support teamfights, with ult you can fight the most fed champion in their team without any problems. The only problem is that he gets weaker the higher you climb, so dont be shocked after you lose some diamond or master matchups. You can always see my other guides for champions that are better in high elo (such as irelia).
Mordekaiser even after all this IS a strong champion to otp which you can really use to climb at least to diamond since he is quite easy and can carry games.
Matchups
Mordekaiser doesnt have A LOT of counters. His biggest counters are probably some really swift, ranged champs OR mordekaiser has a really bad matchups vs olaf and gankplank since their abilities can be used to escape Brazil :(
Summoners
flash is good since you can Q--> Flash and tp is casual because it is one of the strongest summoners of all time.
Runekaiser
Yeah it's the default mordekaiser runes. If they have a lot of tenacity then take tenacity for the alacrity and also then take tenacity and slow resist instead of scaling hp.
Important
Mordekaiser is the best on top, but you can play him mid or jungle too. He isn't that bad on these lanes and also on top I mostly ban olaf probably if I am playing mordekaiser. Mordekaiser counters champions like Illaoi, Teemo or Sett so he is a good counterpick.
No need for explaining this I hope.
I will say it. Armor penetration boots aren't good on mordekaiser. Don't buy them. You buy plated if they have ap, if they have AP AND CC then you go mercury, but if they have slows, not really a good amount of CC, AD or AP then you go boots of swiftness.
Cheap, a lot of dmg and your passive slows them. The best starter item, the best for snowballing and overall good statistics for 2600 gold.
Mordekaiser win conditions, laning and how strong he is 14.4
Mordekaiser Is a champion, which can splitpush and teamfight. You better play around your team since it's really hard to 1v5 if you are behind or they have a lot of cc. Mordekaiser has a strong laning phase and even stronger powerspikes (level 6 and rylai's scepter).
I would say that mordekaiser is a good but not the best toplaner in 14.4 so I would put him in A tier.
