Rylai's Crystal Scepter Mordekaiser Build

Rylai's Crystal Scepter Mordekaiser Build.

Rylai's Crystal Scepter Mordekaiser build with runes and items. Rylai's Crystal Scepter Mordekaiser guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Rylai's Crystal Scepter Mordekaiser build in League of Legends Patch 26.14!

Author: Wrekah

TLDR

Starting items
Guardian's Horn should be final item in your build.
Ruby Crystal should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Mordekaiser ability Indestructible should be leveled first.
W
Mordekaiser ability Death's Grasp should be leveled second.
E
Mordekaiser ability Obliterate should be leveled third.
Q
Final items
Mercury's Treads should be final item in your build.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter should be final item in your build.
Warmog's Armor should be final item in your build.
Jak'Sho, The Protean should be final item in your build.
Spirit Visage should be final item in your build.
Thornmail should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Grasp of the Undying from Resolve tree.
Minor rune Precision.
Summoner spells
Pick Mark as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Rylai's Crystal Scepter Mordekaiser Runes

Resolve
Resolve major tree Grasp of the Undying rune.
Resolve major tree Aftershock rune.
Resolve major tree Guardian rune.
Resolve major tree Demolish rune.
Resolve major tree Font of Life rune.
Resolve major tree Shield Bash rune.
Resolve major tree Conditioning rune.
Resolve major tree Second Wind rune.
Resolve major tree Bone Plating rune.
Resolve major tree Overgrowth rune.
Resolve major tree Revitalize rune.
Resolve major tree Unflinching rune.
Precision
Precision minor tree Absorb Life rune.
Precision minor tree Triumph rune.
Precision minor tree Presence of Mind rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Alacrity rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Haste rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Bloodline rune.
Precision minor tree Coup de Grace rune.
Precision minor tree Cut Down rune.
Precision minor tree Last Stand rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

Optional Summoner Spells

Ghost

Ghost

Ghost for extra mobility and chasing - great for staying on top of enemies and farming more Heartsteel procs.

Exhaust

Exhaust

Defensive option. Exhaust for peeling against enemy divers and assassins and protecting your carries.

Ignite

Ignite

Offensive option if you are feeling spicy. Grievous Wounds + some damage. Good in early fights and you can score some kills, but reduces your going-in potential. Especially later.

Optional Runes

Guardian

Guardian

Guardian is a more passive, support-oriented alternative. Instead of boosting your own tankiness, you protect nearby allies with a shield when they take damage - great if you're playing closer to a support role or prefer a more reactive, less aggressive playstyle. You won't be as tanky as you would be with other runes.

Demolish

Demolish

If you are into taking objectives, you can consider taking Demolish rune. Usually it is worth it and lets you push turrets quicker. Utility slash team oriented option.

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How it works

  1. You play as an annoying Slow Tank, disrupting fights and soaking damage in teamfights.
  2. Your only mandatory item is Rylai's Crystal Scepter.
  3. Then you adapt to enemy team buying defensive items.

Playstyle

  1. ❄️

    Rush Rylai's Crystal Scepter to apply constant slows with your abilities.

  2. 🐢

    Play as a slow tank, disrupting enemy movements while soaking up damage.

  3. 🧰

    Adapt your items to the game: get defensive with full MR/Armor to counter the enemy.

How to play

Getting started

  1. Only core item: Rylai's Crystal Scepter. Rush it.
  2. Focus on hitting enemies with your abilities to slow them. Be annoying. Soak damage.

Itemization & Adaptation

  1. Guardian's Horn is a surprisingly good item for its price. You can keep it for very long time (or even have it as 6th item).
  2. After Rylai's Crystal Scepter, build defensive tank items to counter enemy team.
  3. Enemy team heavy on AP? Build Magic Resist items like Kaenic Rookern, Spirit Visage, or Abyssal Mask.
  4. Enemy team heavy on AD? Build Armor items like Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, Randuin's Omen, or Unending Despair.
  5. Need extra sustain and HP? Get items like Heartsteel, Warmog's Armor, and Jak'Sho, The Protean.

Runes

  1. Remember to consume your Grasp of the Undying procs!
  2. Depending on enemy team, you can max Q or W. Q for damage, W for more survivability.

Tips and Tricks

Champion

  1. You can be pretty good at peeling from your Team or Carries. Enemy has Fiddlesticks? Maybe Zed that jumps on your Ashe? Just ult them with your Realm of Death (R).

Riot

  1. Offense is your defense. Keep fighting to build up larger Indestructible shields.
  2. Hitting multiple champions with the same ability can help quickly activate Darkness Rise.
  3. Use Realm of Death on a low health enemy to guarantee the kill and keep their stats for the rest of a teamfight.

Skill Order

  • Mordekaiser [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Obliterate
  • Mordekaiser [object Object] ability.
    W
    Indestructible
  • Mordekaiser [object Object] ability.
    E
    Death's Grasp
  • Mordekaiser [object Object] ability.
    R
    Realm of Death

Items

Starting items
Guardian's Horn item.
Ruby Crystal item.
Boots
Plated Steelcaps item.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Mercury's Treads item.
Rush #1
Rylai's Crystal Scepter item.
Good tanky items
Jak'Sho, The Protean item.
Heartsteel item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Good MR items
Spirit Visage item.
Abyssal Mask item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Hollow Radiance item.
Force of Nature item.
Good Armor items
Sunfire Aegis item.
Dead Man's Plate item.
Iceborn Gauntlet item.
Unending Despair item.
Randuin's Omen item.
Thornmail item.
Situational items
Knight's Vow item.
If you need damage
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Wit's End item.
Heartsteel item.
Overlord's Bloodmail item.
Sterak's Gage item.
Titanic Hydra item.
Sundered Sky item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Elixir of Iron item.
Elixir of Sorcery item.
Example final build
Mercury's Treads item.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Jak'Sho, The Protean item.
Spirit Visage item.
Thornmail item.