Mordekaiser vs Illaoi Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
In Top, this is Mordekaiser versus Illaoi — a fighter/mage hybrid against a fighter/tank hybrid. The sample behind this page is 1,133 games from patch 16.13.1, and Mordekaiser wins 53.7% of them. A 3.7-point edge is what puts this matchup in Mordekaiser’s column.
Both champions are melee (Mordekaiser at 175, Illaoi at 125), so the lane is decided by cooldowns rather than reach.
One threat is magic (Mordekaiser), the other physical (Illaoi), and their item paths diverge from there. Mordekaiser carries 645 base health to Illaoi’s 656, and 37 armour to 35. Scaling matters as well: Mordekaiser ends on 2413 HP, Illaoi on 2611. On autos alone the numbers read 61 AD for Mordekaiser and 65 for Illaoi. Speed reads 335 to 350, handing Illaoi the better rotations.
Track Indestructible on Mordekaiser and Leap of Faith on Illaoi — the lane swings on those two. Realm of Death and Leap of Faith are the two buttons that end the exchange outright. One spends Shield and the other Mana, which changes how long each can keep poking.
Data here updates on its own rather than sitting as a fixed snapshot taken on 16.13.1.
FAQ
Yes — Mordekaiser holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Mordekaiser wins 53.7% of the recorded games.
53.7% from Mordekaiser's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
1,133 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Mordekaiser build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Mordekaiser build page.