Darius vs Mordekaiser in Top lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: this is a skill matchup — trade when he whiffs his Q, but sidestep his E or he catches you. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · TOPDARIUSthe Hand of Noxus

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPMORDEKAISERthe Iron Revenant

VS

Swings with levelsPre-6 MediumPost-6 HardTake Ghost

How to play it

✓ DO

Sidestep his E

How much you dodge his skillshots decides the lane — when he misses his Q, trade, but sidestep his E or he locks you into the fight.

Abuse him early

Mordekaiser is very weak and useless early — that's your only window to build a lead, because he outscales you otherwise.

Set up ganks

Shape the wave so your jungler can gank — he's really easy to abuse in the early game.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never fight him in the side lane unless you're ahead or stacked on MR — otherwise he outscales you.

Runes

PRECISION

SORCERYuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

GHOST

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 51% WR - 3.3k games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
		E							E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→E→W

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