How to win lane as Mordekaiser against Lucian · 53.83% win rate over 7 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Lucian | Level 1 you have only Q and no aura — his Lightslinger double-shot and Piercing Light poke chip you while you can only farm. |
| Level 2 | Mordekaiser | Q + W come online: Obliterate's single-target bonus and an Indestructible shield win the short trade his poke can't sustain. |
| Level 3 | Mordekaiser | With your E-pull and Darkness Rise building, you yank him off his Relentless Pursuit dash and grind him down in melee. |
| Levels 4-5 | Mordekaiser | Darkness Rise ticks in every extended trade and your W recast-heal outlasts his Lightslinger/Piercing Light poke through 4-5. |
| Level 6 | Mordekaiser | Realm of Death banishes him 1v1 — Lucian's kite-and-dash kit collapses with no teammate to peel for him. |
| First item | Mordekaiser | Your first-item spike plus Sorc boots makes the E-pull into Q + aura lethal before he can dash out and reset. |
| Two+ items | Lucian | At 2+ items his crit/lethality and ever-resetting E let him kite your slow Q and reclaim the range war. |
Level 1 is his — you have only Q, no aura yet, and no all-in, while a Lightslinger double-shot off any ability plus Piercing Light out-chips you as you last-hit. Don't step up to throw an Obliterate he can sidestep with Relentless Pursuit and punish. The lane flips at 2 and especially 3: once Q + W are up, Indestructible eats his poke and recast-heals it, and a single-target Q plus your first Darkness Rise stacks win any short trade he tries. Bait his E dash out, then walk him down — he has no sustain to answer your shield.
The full Mordekaiser vs Lucian 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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