By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026
the Iron Revenant
Patch 26.20 · Stats from the 26.18 Master+ sample (1,204 games).
Mordekaiser, the Iron Revenant, drags one champion into Realm of Death and keeps a share of their stats if he wins there. Conqueror was on almost every counted Master+ Mordekaiser, and Rylai's Crystal Scepter into Riftmaker led his most-bought path. His sample is small: Camille, Olaf and Illaoi beat him most often. Nasus is a pair he fared better against. Yone and Malphite were level with him.
FighterMage
Patch 26.18 · Top · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 1,204 games · Preview sample
1,204
Games
Moderate
Confidence
69.6%Win Rate
Flash
Ignite52.9%Win Rate
Flash
Teleport
This exact page: taken in 18.9% of games·43.9% win rate over 228 games.
Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.
Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health and grant an additional 20 gold.
Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Basic Ability Haste.
Deal more damage to champions while you are low on health.
After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage. Duration: 1.5s Cooldown: 55s
Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power. Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% stronger on targets below 40% health.
Hail of Blades1.2% taken · 53.3% win15 games
Stormraider's Surge0.9% taken · 36.4% win11 games
Press the Attack0.5% taken · 66.7% win6 gamesPrecision + Resolve83.9% taken · 47.4% win1,010 games
Precision + Sorcery10.3% taken · 43.5% win124 games
Precision + Inspiration3.2% taken · 42.1% win38 gamesWhich ability to max first, and the level each point goes in — Mordekaiser's most common path.
QMordekaiser smashes the ground with his mace dealing damage to each enemy struck.
Cooldown 8/7/6/5/4s · No cost
WMordekaiser stores damage he deals and takes to create a shield.
Cooldown 12/11/10/9/8s · No cost
EMordekaiser pulls all enemies in an area.
Cooldown 16/14/12/10/8s · No cost
RMordekaiser drags his victim to a different dimension with him and steals a portion of their stats.
Cooldown 120/110/100s · No costMax Q first, then E, then W. Take R whenever available (6 / 11 / 16).
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QObliterate | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | |||||||||||||
| WIndestructible | W | W | W | W | W | |||||||||||||
| EDeath's Grasp | E | E | E | E | E | |||||||||||||
| RRealm of Death | R | R | R |
How Mordekaiser performs against enemy top laners
Recommended items by enemy team composition
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Avoid extended fights — its sustain grows with every trade it survives
Dodge the primary — its rotation is one skillshot; sidestep it and the rest is chip
Punish the cooldown — Mordekaiser is exposed while its rotation is down
Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one
Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 4/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average
PDarkness Rise
Mordekaiser gains a powerful damage aura and Move Speed after landing 3 attacks or spells against champions or monsters.
Passive — never cast
QObliterate
Mordekaiser smashes the ground with his mace dealing damage to each enemy struck. Damage is increased when hitting a single enemy.
No costCooldown 8/7/6/5/4sRange 675
WIndestructible
Mordekaiser stores damage he deals and takes to create a shield. He may consume the shield to heal.
No costCooldown 12/11/10/9/8sRange 25000
EDeath's Grasp
Mordekaiser pulls all enemies in an area.
No costCooldown 16/14/12/10/8sRange 700
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.
No costCooldown 120/110/100sRange 650
Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Mordekaiser in 5 patches. The latest is patch 26.20, published 2026-10-06.
QObliterate
RRealm of Death
Windows between Mordekaiser's ultimates make it hard to keep up with the pace of much of his opposition. His bread and butter (Q) can also feel less impactful as the pace of the game increases, so we think it can do more damage later on.
EDeath's Grasp
RRealm of Death
We overshot last patch with the R buffs, and after re-assessing what he looks like with a meaningfully stronger ult, decided to instead revert the R buff entirely in favor of improving his ability to catch and keep opponents in his range. Accounting for the bugfix for his R, we believe these two adjustments to his E will be a net positive from 26.13 and will keep an eye on his performance.
EDeath's Grasp
RRealm of Death
Morde has lost a fair amount of power ever since the Riftmaker bugfix in 26.10 and could use some love, so we're rewarding him more for when he gets you in his Grasp and enhancing the Lord of Death's 1:1 fantasy.
QObliterate
To open up more build options on Mordekaiser, we’re giving him some bonus attack damage ratios aimed at his most melee damage output. This will be a direct buff to him every time he ults, but the main intent is to bring back some AD builds and splashes of options like Sterak’s Gage. In short, bonus attack damage will make his mace smashes deal more damage.
QObliterate
Mordekaiser lost some power when his favorite magical mask was nerfed in 15.10, so we’d like to re-add some power back, specifically to his late-laning phase wave clear which has taken a bit of a dive recently.
Riot's data lists 14 looks for Mordekaiser with their own art, the base skin included and 43 chroma variants.
Best ARAM build
This champion’s win rate on each patch the preview sample spans, over its own games there. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.
| Stat | Mordekaiser | Rank | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base health | 645 | =39th | 620 |
| Health per level | 104 | =86th | 104 |
| Base armor | 37 | =14th | 30 |
| Armor per level | 4.2 | =122nd | 4.6 |
| Base magic resist | 32 | =32nd | 32 |
| Magic resist per level | 2.05 | =4th | 1.55 |
| Base attack damage | 61 | =63rd | 59 |
| Base attack speed | 0.625 | =117th | 0.656 |
| Attack speed per level | 1% | =166th | 2.5% |
| Move speed | 335 | =74th | 335 |
| Attack range | 175 | =87th | 175 |
| Stat | Level 1 | Per level | Level 18 | Rank at 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 645 | +104 | 2413 | 77th of 173 |
| Armor | 37 | +4.2 | 108.4 | 78th of 173 |
| Magic resist | 32 | +2.05 | 66.85 | =5th of 173 |
Riot Data Dragon 16.20.1. Growth curve: League of Legends Wiki — Champion statistic.
Mordekaiser, the Iron Revenant, is a Fighter and Mage champion in League of Legends. Riot rates the kit 4/10 for difficulty, 4/10 for attack, 6/10 for defense and 7/10 for magic. Mordekaiser casts every ability without a cost and has 14 skins with their own art.
Twice slain and thrice born, Mordekaiser is a brutal warlord from a foregone epoch who uses his necromantic sorcery to bind souls into an eternity of servitude. Few now remain who remember his earlier conquests, or know the true extent of his powers—but there are some ancient souls that do, and they fear the day when he may return to claim dominion over both the living and the dead.
