How to win lane as Singed against Mordekaiser · 52.08% win rate (1,157 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
His realm catches your run and the W eats your damage — the isolate punishes proxying. Play around vision.
Track: Mordekaiser's R — Realm of Death (140–100s cooldown). His 1v1 realm. Kite him in it.
Read from Singed's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Mordekaiser.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Neither kit has a reliable level-1 all-in — Poison Trail alone does modest damage and Mordekaiser's Q is a slow projectile he cannot reliably hit on a moving target, so farm and establish the proxy angle instead. |
| Level 2 | Mordekaiser | Mordekaiser's Indestructible shield banks a portion of every trade and heals it back on recast — your Fling counter-damage disappears into it and short exchanges go his way at level 2. |
| Level 3 | Mordekaiser | Full kit plus Darkness Rise online: his E drag pulls you back as you run, three hits set the burning aura, and his W shield eats your Fling damage — give this window to him entirely and proxy instead of fighting. |
| Levels 4-5 | Singed | No dash, no movement ability, no chase — Mordekaiser literally cannot follow a Singed who proxies, and Mega Adhesive roots him when he tries; these two levels of free farming gold are the reason this matchup is FAVOURED. |
| Level 6 | Mordekaiser | Realm of Death goes live and the math changes: he R's you mid-chase into a 1v1 dimension, steals 10% of your stats, and Darkness Rise grinds without minions or escape angles — the one stage he reliably owns. |
| First item | Singed | Rylai's Crystal Scepter completes and every Poison Trail step is now a permanent slow; Mordekaiser's zero-dash kit can never close the gap and the run-past pattern that defines Singed becomes literally unstoppable. |
| Two+ items | Singed | Two items on, the side lane is yours indefinitely — Mordekaiser cannot catch you, Insanity Potion's Grievous Wounds guts his Indestructible heal, and his team cannot spare him to shadow your split without losing objectives. |
Level 1 is a genuine standoff — Poison Trail alone deals modest damage and Mordekaiser's Q is slow, so neither side has a clean all-in. Farm with Poison Trail from the side of the wave and never walk directly toward him; his E drag only works if you are within pull range, and at level 1 you have no Fling to break off the exchange. Level 2 is worse — once Mordekaiser has Q and W, short trades go his way because his Indestructible shield banks the damage you deal and heals it back, so your Fling counter-damage largely evaporates. By level 3 he has Darkness Rise — three auto-attacks or abilities set an aura burning on you, and his E drag into a full Darkness Rise grind is a genuine kill threat. Give this window up: run the proxy pattern, farm behind his wave, deny him the body contact he needs to stack that aura, and survive until level 4 with gold ahead.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Singed's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Singed 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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Singed, slightly — a 52.08% win rate edge over 1,157 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Singed has a small statistical edge (52.08% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Singed has a slight edge (52.08% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Singed takes Conqueror on the Sorcery tree with Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Mordekaiser.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Oblivion Orb (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Rylai's Crystal Scepter (perma-slow poison) first, then Riftmaker / Liandry's, with Mercury's Treads.
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