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How to Win Mordekaiser vs Jarvan IV Counter MatchupMordekaiser is in the s tier of champions

Mordekaiser vs Jarvan IV

How to Beat Jarvan IV as Mordekaiser in LoLMordekaiser is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Jarvan IV as Mordekaiser

based on 3,648 Mordekaiser vs Jarvan IV matchups
Win Rate
55.5 %
K/D/A
2.12
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter statistics from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends games that we evaluate every week. Our guide on how to beat Jarvan IV as Mordekaiser came out of an evaluation of 3648 ranked rounds where both champs opposed one another. This particular counter pairing is fairly rare. Mordekaiser is forced to battle against Jarvan IV in only 1.4% of his games.

Mordekaiser vs Jarvan IV Matchup Summary

Mordekaiser has done a great job of countering Jarvan IV. Typically, he wins a terrific 55.5% of the time the champions fight each other in. In Mordekaiser against Jarvan IV rounds, Mordekaiser’s team is 0.1% less expected to obtain first blood. This implies that he probably won't be able to get first blood against Jarvan IV.

Best Mordekaiser vs Jarvan IV Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Giant's BeltBlasting Wand

Core Mordekaiser Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterRiftmakerJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Unending DespairDead Man's PlateSpirit VisageNashor's Tooth

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Mordekaiser to level upq
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Second ability for Mordekaiser to level upe
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Last skill for Mordekaiser to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveBone PlatingRevitalize
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Mordekaiser's passive ability p
Mordekaiser's q ability q
Mordekaiser's w ability w
Mordekaiser's e ability e
Mordekaiser's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Jarvan IV as Mordekaiser

Tips for Playing as Mordekaiser against Jarvan IV

Hitting multiple champions with the same ability can help quickly activate Darkness Rise.

Offense is your defense. Keep fighting to build up larger Indestructible shields.

Use Realm of Death on a low health enemy to guarantee the kill and keep their stats for the rest of a teamfight.

Advice to Win Against Jarvan IV

Cataclysm's terrain is a frightening force to fight against, but movement abilities can go through it.

Keep out of the path between Jarvan IV and his Demacian Standard to avoid being knocked up in the air.

Mordekaiser vs Jarvan IV Counter Stats

Mordekaiser Image
Win Rate
55.5 %
VS
Win Rate
44.5 %
Jarvan IV Image
7.2
< Kills >
5.4
5.7
< Deaths >
6.4
4.9
< Assists >
12
1.64
< Killing Sprees >
1.25
159
< Minions Killed >
38
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
1.27
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.44
2,848
< Physical Damage >
13,005
21,233
< Magic Damage >
1,319
622
< True Damage >
852
24,704
< Damage Dealt >
15,176
31,464
< Damage Taken >
32,165
12,014
< Gold Earned >
11,335
2.23
< Towers >
1.6
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.28
9,555
< Total Healing >
12,587
15,243
< Experience >
13,119
17
< Vision Score >
24
8
< Wards Placed >
7
251
< Time Dealing CC >
468

How to Counter Jarvan IV with Mordekaiser in LoL

The stats shown here underscore some important Mordekaiser versus Jarvan IV counter statistics that may help you interpret the differences between the pair. Mordekaiser’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jarvan IV’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Mordekaiser may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Jarvan IV..

Mordekaiser normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Jarvan IV. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Mordekaiser and Jarvan IV

Damage Types Compared

Mordekaiser
Jarvan IV
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Mordekaiser
Jarvan IV

Who is Better, Mordekaiser or Jarvan IV?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Mordekaiser usually wins when trying to fight Jarvan IV, with a 55.5% win rate. Therefore, Mordekaiser makes a fantastic counter for Jarvan IV.

While Mordekaiser does have a much higher winrate compared to Jarvan IV, when facing one another, Mordekaiser also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Mordekaiser into Jarvan IV.

Furthermore, Mordekaiser has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jarvan IV. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Mordekaiser vs Jarvan IV matchups, Mordekaiser is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Mordekaiser is a great counter to Jarvan IV. Focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Mordekaiser against Jarvan IV.

Other Champion Matchups Against Mordekaiser

Mordekaiser Loses Against

LilliaLillia47.1% winrateSingedSinged48.1% winrateFizzFizz48.6% winrateTryndamereTryndamere49.1% winrate

Mordekaiser Wins Against

YuumiYuumi59.9% winrateSejuaniSejuani58.3% winrateK'SanteK'Sante57.5% winrateZeriZeri57.3% winrate

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Additional Information for Mordekaiser Players

How We Calculated Our Mordekaiser vs Jarvan IV Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Jarvan IV as Mordekaiser, we analyzed 3,648 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Jarvan IV as Mordekaiser comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Mordekaiser in order to counter Jarvan IV during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Mordekaiser most often racks up much more CS as Jarvan IV. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Mordekaiser versus Jarvan IV build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Riftmaker, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Mordekaiser combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Jarvan IV than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Mordekaiser boasted an average win rate of 55.5% when countering Jarvan IV with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of annihilating Jarvan IV as Mordekaiser, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Mordekaiser vs Jarvan IV counters, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 55.5% winrate overall.

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