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Mordekaiser vs Garen

Mordekaiser
vs
52.2%

over 4219 games

Garen
Analyze a draft with Mordekaiser

Skill matchup

Heavy AD damageVery tankyHigh burstSustained DPS

Build vs Garen

Build adapted to this matchup

Recommended items for Mordekaiser: Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Riftmaker, Liandry's Torment, Plated Steelcaps, Thornmail, Spirit Visage, Dusk and Dawn, Experimental Hexplate.

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Health Potion
x2

Core build

Rylai's Crystal Scepter
1
Riftmaker
2
Liandry's Torment
3

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Thornmail
5

Summoner spells

FlashDot83%
FlashTeleport9%

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Thornmail
Spirit Visage
Dusk and Dawn
Experimental Hexplate
Zhonya's Hourglass
Randuin's Omen
Bramble Vest
Hextech Rocketbelt
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Dark Seal
Seeker's Armguard
Bloodletter's Curse
Hextech Gunblade
Mejai's Soulstealer
Oblivion Orb
Nashor's Tooth
Force of Nature
Death's Dance
Cosmic Drive
Dead Man's Plate
Rabadon's Deathcap
Frozen Heart
Morellonomicon
Kaenic Rookern
Unending Despair
Abyssal Mask
Sterak's Gage
57.0% WR693 games
PrecisionPrecision
ConquerorConqueror
TriumphTriumph
Legend: HasteLegend: Haste
Last StandLast Stand
ResolveResolve
RevitalizeRevitalize
Bone PlatingBone Plating
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Garen's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Perseverance (P)

If Garen has not recently been struck by damage or enemy abilities, he regenerates a percentage of his total health each second.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
38s22s9s–
68s22s9s2m
98s19.5s9s2m
118s17s9s1m40
168s12s7.5s1m20
188s12s6s1m20

Playing as Mordekaiser

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Hit a lone enemy with your Q

    Aim Obliterate (Q) at a lone enemy: if only one enemy is hit, the damage increases.

  2. Activate your passive, then stay close

    Hit champions or monsters three times, then stay close: Darkness Rise (passive) then surrounds you with a damage aura and gives you move speed.

  3. Pull them into your Q

    Pull your targets into the Obliterate (Q) zone with Death's Grasp (E): each spell that hits also counts toward Darkness Rise (passive).

  4. Tank with Indestructible

    Cast Indestructible (W) when you're taking damage: it turns stored damage into a shield, and a recast converts part of it into health.

  5. Isolate the carry in your R

    Cast Realm of Death (R) on their carry, or their jungler near an objective: you isolate them with you, steal part of their stats, and keep them if you kill them.

Playing against Garen

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Hit him regularly

    Hit him regularly, even with a small poke: Perseverance (passive) only regenerates him if he hasn't taken damage recently.

  2. At range, kite him

    If you're ranged, kite him: his kit has no dash, and only Decisive Strike (Q) speeds him up and removes his slows.

  3. Burst after his shield

    Wait for the Courage (W) shield to end before your burst: the spell starts with a shield and tenacity, then keeps only a damage reduction.

  4. Don't stay low once he hits 6

    Once he hits level 6, back instead of staying in lane at low health against him: Demacian Justice (R) deals true damage that grows with your missing health.

Other Mordekaiser matchups

Patch 16.21.1