Lillia vs Mordekaiser — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Lillia against Mordekaiser · 36.36% win rate over 11 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Mordekaiser is favoured — Mordekaiser owns 4 of the 7 game windows to Lillia's 1. Play it patient and win your windows. Lillia wins 36.36% of games vs Mordekaiser in top lane (11 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Even / skillYou're both single-ability and weak at 1, so it's a Skill last-hit race — tip-of-Q farm and respect his E as the only thing that punishes a misstep.
Level 2MordekaiserAt 2 his isolated-Q slam plus W shield out-trades your single Q sweetspot and heals through your fledgling Dream Dust burn.
Level 3MordekaiserWith Q-W-E online he pulls you in and the isolated-bonus slam plus sustain wins any extended trade your DoT can't yet out-damage.
Levels 4-5Even / skillYour full-rank Q sweetspot and compounding burn let you chip him as he walks up, but he can just W-shield the poke — genuinely even.
Level 6MordekaiserRealm of Death drags your squishy no-defensive-button frame into a stat-stealing 1v1 — his defining spike and your worst box.
First itemMordekaiserHis first AP item plus W sustain still beats your skirmish before your own item burn comes fully online.
Two+ itemsLilliaLiandry's/Riftmaker percent-HP DoT plus your Q move speed finally lets you kite his cooldowns, refuse the isolated duel, and R-sleep to reclaim tempo.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Level 1 you're both one-button, so just farm with the tip of Q from max range and refuse to walk forward — his only opener is E, and if it pulls you in he gets a free isolated-Q slam plus autos before your kite chain exists. By 2-3 he's online before you: his isolated Q does bonus damage when he's the only enemy near you and his W shields back whatever your Dream Dust ticks, so any extended trade he heals through. Use your Q hops purely to body-block or dodge the E pull, E-slow him if he steps up, and never stand inside the slow circle of his W zone — your burn can't out-pace his shield this early.

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The full Lillia vs Mordekaiser report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.

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