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Mordekaiser Top build & stats

FighterMage B 461 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
51.0%
Pick rate
6.1%
Ban rate
11.3%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Solid sample

Start with

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
400 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
16.7% 6 games

Finish these three

Spirit Visage
Spirit Visage
2,700 gold
Thornmail
Thornmail
2,450 gold
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
2,600 gold
7,750 gold
70.0% WR 30 games

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
1,100 gold
61.1% 18 games

Runes

Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
60.0% WR
10 games · 2% pick
Conqueror
Conqueror

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

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Exhaust Flash
55.6% 18 games

Max order

Obliterate Q Death's Grasp E Indestructible W
12.5% 8 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Mordekaiser

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Mordekaiser wins 51.0% of games as Top on patch 16.17 (461 games).
  • Most common core: Rylai's Crystal Scepter → Riftmaker → Liandry's Torment — 61% win rate over 46 games.
  • Take Conqueror as keystone: picked in 98% of games with a 50% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Yasuo (78% over 9 games). Hardest: Dr. Mundo (38% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Riftmaker
Riftmaker
Liandry's Torment
Liandry's Torment
60.9% WR
46 games · 10% pick
Thornmail
Thornmail
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Riftmaker
Riftmaker
52.9% WR
34 games · 7% pick
Spirit Visage
Spirit Visage
Thornmail
Thornmail
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
70.0% WR
30 games · 7% pick

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
16.7% WR
6 games · 1% pick
Doran's Shield
Doran's Shield
Health Potion
Health Potion
33.3% WR
3 games · 1% pick

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
53.6% WR
267 games · 58% pick
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
46.5% WR
129 games · 28% pick
Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
61.1% WR
18 games · 4% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
72.7% 2% (11)
66.7% 7% (30)
59.1% 10% (44)
57.5% 39% (181)
56.4% 22% (101)
55.6% 2% (9)
54.3% 10% (46)
53.8% 6% (26)
52.0% 81% (375)
51.3% 26% (119)
50.2% 66% (305)
50.0% 5% (24)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
50.0% WR
240 games · 52% pick
Conqueror
Conqueror

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

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Precision Precision + Sorcery Sorcery
46.1% WR
76 games · 16% pick
Conqueror Triumph Legend: Haste Last Stand Gathering Storm Transcendence
Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
58.3% WR
12 games · 3% pick
Conqueror Triumph Legend: Haste Last Stand Revitalize Bone Plating

Keystones

  • Conqueror Conqueror Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions. 50.4%98% pick
  • Grasp of the Undying Grasp of the Undying Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health. 66.7%1% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 52.6%75% pick
  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 43.8%17% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 55.6%4% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Obliterate Q Death's Grasp E Indestructible W 12.5%8 games
Obliterate Q Indestructible W Death's Grasp E 50.0%2 games

Most common first three levels: Q → E → W (33%), Q → W → E (0%).

  • PDarkness Rise

    Mordekaiser gains a powerful damage aura and Move Speed after landing 3 attacks or spells against champions or monsters.

  • QObliterate

    Mordekaiser smashes the ground with his mace dealing damage to each enemy struck. Damage is increased when hitting a single enemy.

  • WIndestructible

    Mordekaiser stores damage he deals and takes to create a shield. He may consume the shield to heal.

  • EDeath's Grasp

    Mordekaiser pulls all enemies in an area.

  • RRealm of Death

    Mordekaiser drags his victim to a different dimension with him and steals a portion of their stats. If he kills them, he keeps the stats until the victim respawns.