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Mordekaiser matchups

Tier 2#15 Top5Full build
You playMordekaiser

Tier 250.0% win · #15 top

An even matchup48.8%Mordekaiser wins 48.8% of games into Darius, a little below the 50.0% Mordekaiser wins overall.
AgainstDarius

Tier 151.0% win · #2 top

48.8%51.9%

2,231 gamesSample A 48.4%Sample B 50.5%Sample C 48.7%Gold at 15 −227Full matchup pageSample A, Sample B, Sample C · Emerald+ · 6 Nov

Overall win rate by rank, not this matchup:Mordekaiser: Gold 52.2% · Plat 51.3% · Emerald 50.3% · Diamond 49.6%Darius: Gold 50.1% · Plat 50.6% · Emerald 50.8% · Diamond 50.5%

Lane plan

Purchases foremost Plated Steelcamps, Bramble Vest, and other items with armor. Maintain your distance from Darius’s (E) especially if he has Ghost.

Lane tip from this patch's games, play even
  • Rylai's Crystal Scepter

    You complete Rylai's Crystal Scepter at ~12 min; Darius completes Youmuu's Ghostblade at ~12 min. You spike together.

  • Level 3: Darius's Apprehend (E) is 26s, your Death's Grasp (E) is 16s, so you're back first. Level 6: both ultimates 120s.

  • Ghost

    Darius takes Flash + Ghost in 67.6% of games. You take Flash + Ignite (84.7%).

Build into Darius

Sample B · Emerald+ · 854 games · 6 Nov

Items

Most built at each step, in buy order; small icons are the other picks

  1. Start0:00

    Doran's RingHealth PotionHealth Potion

    Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion

    78.7% of games · 50.1% win
    • Doran's ShieldHealth Potion47.3%
    • Doran's HelmHealth Potion52.9%

  2. First back

    Amplifying TomeBoots

    Amplifying Tome, Boots

    Bought in most games

  3. 1st item12 min

    Rylai's Crystal Scepter

    Rylai's Crystal Scepter

    60.1% of games · 49.5% win
    • Riftmaker51.4%
    • Dusk and Dawn48.6%

  4. 2nd item20 min

    Riftmaker

    Riftmaker

    32.2% of games · 52.7% win
    • Liandry's Torment55.5%
    • Rylai's Crystal Scepter54.8%

  5. 3rd item25 min

    Liandry's Torment

    Liandry's Torment

    10.1% of games · 46.5% win
    • Thornmail56.9%
    • Spirit Visage60.3%

  6. Boots13 min

    Plated Steelcaps

    Plated Steelcaps

    78.2% of games · 50.0% win
    • Mercury's Treads51.7%
    • Boots of Swiftness53.3%

  7. Late30–30 min

    Spirit VisageThornmailZhonya's Hourglass

    Spirit Visage, Thornmail or Zhonya's Hourglass

    One of them, for what you're facing

Runes

Most played page, 849 games

PrecisionPrecision

  1. ConquerorConquerorpicked in 99.4%
  2. TriumphTriumphpicked in 98.9%
  3. Legend: HasteLegend: Hastepicked in 78.7%
  4. Last StandLast Standpicked in 96.1%

ResolveResolve

  1. RevitalizeRevitalizepicked in 73.1%
  2. Bone PlatingBone Platingpicked in 67.0%

Shards

Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth ScalingAttack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling

KeystoneWin rate

Skill order

Most played order, 412 games
Q14579
W31415
E28101213
R611

Max

  1. QEW89.5% pick · 754 games49.5%

Darius: W start, max QEW242 games

Summoner spells

FlashIgniteFlash + Ignite84.7% pick

FlashGhostDarius: Flash + Ghost, 67.6%618 games

Play against Darius

Cooldowns at levels 1, 3, 6 and 11 on each side's most played skill order, before ability haste

Darius's abilities

Your opponent · uses mana
  1. P HemorrhagePassive
  2. Q Decimate9 / 7.75 / 6.5 / 5.25 / 4s cooldown · 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 mana—9s6.5s4s
  3. W Crippling Strike5s cooldown · 40 mana · 300 range5s5s5s5s
  4. E Apprehend26 / 23.5 / 21 / 18.5 / 16s cooldown · 70 / 60 / 50 / 40 / 30 mana · 535 range—26s26s21s
  5. R Noxian Guillotine120 / 100 / 80s cooldown · 100 / 100 / 0 mana · 460 range——120s100s

Apprehend (E) is the long one early: 26s at level 3, so trade once it's down. — means not learned yet at that level.

Mordekaiser's abilities

You · uses shield
  1. P Darkness RisePassive
  2. Q Obliterate8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4s cooldown · No cost · 675 range8s8s6s4s
  3. W Indestructible12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8s cooldown · No cost · 25000 range—12s12s12s
  4. E Death's Grasp16 / 14 / 12 / 10 / 8s cooldown · No cost · 700 range—16s16s12s
  5. R Realm of Death120 / 110 / 100s cooldown · No cost · 650 range——120s110s

Death's Grasp (E) is the long one early: 16s at level 3, so trade once it's down. — means not learned yet at that level.

All 44 top matchups

Mordekaiser's win rate into each one · green beats Mordekaiser's average, rose falls short
44.0%46.0%48.0%50.0%52.0%54.0%56.0%58.0%60.0%

Numbers from Sample A (collected 6 Nov), Sample B (Emerald+, collected 6 Nov) and Sample C (Emerald+, collected 6 Nov), ranked Solo/Duo, patch 16.22. Combined win rates weight each sample by its games. Next Queue doesn't collect these games itself.