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Illaoi vs Mordekaiser

Illaoi
vs
44.7%

over 1929 games

Mordekaiser
Analyze a draft with Illaoi

Hard matchup

Heavy AP damageSplit pushSustained DPSHigh burst

You are stronger early. Look to snowball before your opponent scales.

Build vs Mordekaiser

Build adapted to this matchup

Recommended items for Illaoi: Black Cleaver, Iceborn Gauntlet, Sterak's Gage, Mercury's Treads, Spirit Visage, Maw of Malmortius, Sundered Sky, Death's Dance.

Starting items

Doran's Blade
Health Potion

Core build

Black Cleaver
1
Iceborn Gauntlet
2
Sterak's Gage
3

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Spirit Visage
5

Summoner spells

FlashTeleport50%
ExhaustFlash26%

Other options

Spirit Visage
Maw of Malmortius
Sundered Sky
Death's Dance
Serpent's Fang
Kaenic Rookern
Bramble Vest
Thornmail
Randuin's Omen
Tear of the Goddess
Hullbreaker
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Executioner's Calling
Spear of Shojin
Force of Nature
Endless Hunger
Trinity Force
Chempunk Chainsword
Serrated Dirk
Overlord's Bloodmail
Serylda's Grudge
Voltaic Cyclosword
Heartsteel
Stridebreaker
Quicksilver Sash
Zeke's Convergence
Guardian Angel
55.9% WR93 games
ResolveResolve
Grasp of the UndyingGrasp of the Undying
DemolishDemolish
Bone PlatingBone Plating
OvergrowthOvergrowth
PrecisionPrecision
Presence of MindPresence of Mind
Last StandLast Stand
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Mordekaiser's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Darkness Rise (P)

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

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
38s12s16s–
66s12s16s2m
94s11s16s2m
114s10s16s1m50
164s8s12s1m40
184s8s8s1m40

Playing as Illaoi

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Fight near walls

    Fight near walls: Prophet of an Elder God (passive) spawns your tentacles there, and each tentacle that hits a champion heals you.

  2. Hit the spirit you pulled

    After Test of Spirit (E), attack the spirit: it echoes part of its damage to its owner, and if it dies, the enemy is slowed and marked for your tentacles.

  3. Ult after the engage

    Cast Leap of Faith (R) in the middle of several enemies, after their engage or your team's: one tentacle spawns per champion hit, untargetable while it lasts.

  4. Recast W during your ult

    During Leap of Faith (R), recast Harsh Lesson (W) as soon as it's back: its cooldown is reduced, and each hit makes every nearby tentacle slam.

Playing against Mordekaiser

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Stay near your minions

    Stay near your minions against Obliterate (Q): its damage increases when it hits only one enemy.

  2. Dodge his Death's Grasp

    Dodge Death's Grasp (E): it pulls you toward him, into his other spells, and it has a 16 to 8 second cooldown.

  3. At range, kite him

    If you have range, kite him: Mordekaiser has no dash, and only Death's Grasp (E), which pulls you in, closes the distance.

  4. Save your mobility in his R

    In Realm of Death (R), save your mobility spells to escape him rather than for the duel: he steals part of your stats, and keeps them if he kills you.

Other Illaoi matchups

Patch 16.21.1