# Mordekaiser Counters Who counters Mordekaiser? Best and worst picks against Mordekaiser by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Mordekaiser in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/mordekaiser/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/mordekaiser/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Mordekaiser](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mordekaiser/) ## Page Content [Mordekaiser guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mordekaiser/) [Play against Mordekaiser](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mordekaiser/how-to-play-against/) [Mordekaiser counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mordekaiser/counters/) Best and worst picks against Mordekaiser in Top at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Poppy, Heimerdinger and Naafiri beat Mordekaiser most often. Irelia, Heimerdinger and Olaf win the laning phase against Mordekaiser by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Mordekaiser Highest win rate versus Mordekaiser in Top. - 1 [Poppy](https://baronbuff.com/champions/poppy/) 139 games 54.7% - 2 [Heimerdinger](https://baronbuff.com/champions/heimerdinger/) 424 games 54.2% - 3 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 877 games 53.4% - 4 [Volibear](https://baronbuff.com/champions/volibear/) 1,520 games 53.0% - 5 [Yone](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yone/) 1,828 games 52.1% - 6 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 678 games 51.8% - 7 [Yorick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yorick/) 1,368 games 51.7% - 8 [Kayle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayle/) 423 games 51.3% - 9 [Gwen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gwen/) 564 games 51.2% ## Worst picks against Mordekaiser Lowest win rate versus Mordekaiser in Top. - 1 [Varus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/varus/) 196 games 40.8% - 2 [K'Sante](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ksante/) 722 games 41.8% - 3 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 155 games 43.2% - 4 [Camille](https://baronbuff.com/champions/camille/) 595 games 44.4% - 5 [Rumble](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rumble/) 423 games 44.7% - 6 [Teemo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/teemo/) 656 games 45.0% - 7 [Malphite](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/) 1,654 games 45.1% - 8 [Illaoi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/illaoi/) 946 games 45.2% - 9 [Ryze](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ryze/) 502 games 45.6% - 10 [Tahm Kench](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tahmkench/) 651 games 45.6% - 11 [Cho'Gath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/chogath/) 815 games 46.1% - 12 [Jayce](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jayce/) 281 games 46.3% - 13 [Riven](https://baronbuff.com/champions/riven/) 369 games 46.6% - 14 [Anivia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/anivia/) 122 games 46.7% - 15 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 721 games 47.2% ## Best lane counters vs Mordekaiser Largest gold lead over Mordekaiser at 15 minutes in Top. - 1 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 342 games +746 - 2 [Heimerdinger](https://baronbuff.com/champions/heimerdinger/) 236 games +561 - 3 [Olaf](https://baronbuff.com/champions/olaf/) 460 games +364 - 4 [Tryndamere](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tryndamere/) 303 games +347 - 5 [Kled](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kled/) 123 games +268 - 6 [Aatrox](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aatrox/) 680 games +235 - 7 [Gnar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gnar/) 218 games +216 - 8 [Yorick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yorick/) 745 games +192 - 9 [Volibear](https://baronbuff.com/champions/volibear/) 495 games +175 - 10 [Darius](https://baronbuff.com/champions/darius/) 929 games +132 - 11 [Fiora](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fiora/) 322 games +125 - 12 [K'Sante](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ksante/) 386 games +97 - 13 [Akali](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akali/) 217 games +26 - 14 [Varus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/varus/) 106 games +24 - 15 [Riven](https://baronbuff.com/champions/riven/) 170 games +17 ## How to play against Mordekaiser Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Dodge E before trading so he cannot pull you into passive uptime. - Crash waves after kills or won trades instead of staying for plates in his return timer. - Avoid ganking him when he is ahead and R is available; he can turn numbers into an isolated duel. - Trade cross-map objectives when he shows far away and your team cannot kill him cleanly. - Hold key summons, pets, or delayed damage until after R so they are not left outside the duel. ## Where Mordekaiser is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Mordekaiser has to walk opponents down, so slows, spacing, and disengage deny his passive uptime. - Mordekaiser's ultimate removes one target but also removes himself, which can abandon his team during broader fights. ## Mordekaiser counters: questions ### Who counters Mordekaiser in Top? At Gold+, Poppy (54.7%), Heimerdinger (54.2%) and Naafiri (53.4%) have the highest win rates against Mordekaiser. ### Who does Mordekaiser counter? Mordekaiser wins most often against Varus (40.8%), K'Sante (41.8%) and Swain (43.2%). ### Who wins lane against Mordekaiser? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Irelia (+746), Heimerdinger (+561) and Olaf (+364) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Mordekaiser. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Top Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/top/) - [Irelia counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/counters/) - [Heimerdinger counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/heimerdinger/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)