How to win lane as Mordekaiser against Warwick · 48.18% win rate (1,193 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
His Q-leash and sustain out-race your W-shield and the R cancels your engage. Anti-heal and poke before level 3.
Track: Warwick's R — Infinite Duress (110–70s cooldown). His all-in lock. Dodge it, then R him.
Read from Mordekaiser's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Warwick.
This is Mordekaiser's own plan; across 1,193 pooled games the lane is leaning Warwick.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | At Level 1 you both have a single ability and no all-in — neither of you wins, just farm and set up your level 2 Q+W spike. |
| Level 2 | Mordekaiser | With Q+W you smash a single-target Obliterate for the isolation bonus and bank a shield to recast as a heal, winning the short burst trade before Warwick's autos start out-healing you. |
| Level 3 | Warwick | Level 3 is already his — his below-50% passive heal and Q bite out-grind a prolonged fight, and Darkness Rise can't out-DPS his ramping sustain in a marathon. |
| Levels 4-5 | Warwick | Drop below half HP and Blood Hunt gives him homing move/attack speed to chase you, while his passive heals hardest the lower you are — the lane state tilts to him. |
| Level 6 | Mordekaiser | Realm of Death isolates him into a 1v1 box where his Infinite Duress can't pull in a jungler, you steal his stats, and your shield out-trades a single Warwick — your clearest kill window. |
| First item | Warwick | As his sustain items come online his passive heal and Jaws-of-the-Beast lifesteal refill him faster than your aura can chip in any extended trade. |
| Two+ items | Warwick | Past two items his sustain plus Infinite Duress pick potential out-last and out-engage your flatter mid-game — DPS-racing a healing Warwick loses. |
"Warwick's whole early game is Blood Hunt: drop below half HP anywhere near him and he gets homing move/attack speed to chase you down, while his passive autos heal him hardest exactly when he's low — so do NOT let a trade drag. At 1 you both have one button; just farm. At 2-3 your Obliterate (smash it single-target for the isolation bonus) plus a banked Indestructible let you win short, sharp trades — poke with Q, recast W to heal, walk out before his autos catch up. Don't sit there getting out-sustained in a long fight; your edge is the burst window, his is the marathon."
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Mordekaiser's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Mordekaiser vs Warwick 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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Warwick, slightly — Mordekaiser wins 48.18% of 1,193 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Warwick has a small statistical edge (51.82% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Warwick has the slight edge (Mordekaiser wins 48.18%), though it stays close.
Mordekaiser takes Conqueror on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Overgrowth) vs Warwick.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Haunting Guise / Giant's Belt (≈900-1300g). Build Liandry's Torment (burn carries his extended trades) first, then Riftmaker (omnivamp turns the Realm 1v1 unloseable), with Plated Steelcaps (Swiftness into kite comps).
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