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Morgana Guide

the Fallen

Support

Mage

Tier B Support

Morgana, the Fallen, is a support and mage champion that is easy to pick up. Across our 433 analysed ranked games, Morgana is mostly played as Support (90% of its games), and more rarely in Mid (10%), with a 52.1% win rate in that role: tier B among Support champions (#19 of 39, ranked by win rate). Morgana's damage is mostly magic (88%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 53.6% in medium-length games (25 to 35 min, 222 games) versus 48.7% in long games (over 35 min).

Averages measured over 388 Support games played with Morgana, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

Combos and how to play

Morgana is a control mage-support: Dark Binding roots, Tormented Shadow damages over time with damage that increases with the target's missing health, Black Shield protects an ally from magic damage and crowd control, and Soul Shackles stuns those who do not break them. Her passive heals her when she damages champions, large minions and monsters.

The pick

Q › W › AA AA

When: An enemy is within binding range.

Dark Binding roots and deals damage; place Tormented Shadow on them: its damage increases with their missing health.

Protection

E › W

When: An ally is about to take a crowd control effect.

Black Shield absorbs magic damage and crowd control until it breaks: place it before the enemy's engage.

The team ultimate

R › W › Q

When: Enemies are grouped around you.

Soul Shackles slow and damage nearby enemy champions; after a delay, those who have not broken the chains are stunned.

Laning phase

Dark Binding is your main tool: every hit decides the trade. Keep Black Shield for an ally threatened by a control or magic damage.

Common mistakes

• Using Black Shield on an ally who is not the target of crowd control.
• Casting the ultimate without being close to the enemies.
• Missing Dark Binding because of a minion.

Riot's official tips for playing Morgana

• Shrewd use of Black Shield can determine the outcome of team fights.
• Items that provide survivability allow Morgana to become extremely difficult to kill in conjunction with Black Shield and Soul Shackles.
• Tormented Shadow is an excellent farming tool if you're by yourself in a lane.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment (20 games, 55.0% win rate).

Rylai's Crystal Scepter+Zhonya's Hourglass+Liandry's Torment

20 games · 55.0%

Blackfire Torch+Rylai's Crystal Scepter+Zhonya's Hourglass

12 games · 58.3%

Blackfire Torch+Zhonya's Hourglass+Liandry's Torment

10 games · 70.0%

Summoner spells

Flash + Ignite46.5% · 183 games

Flash + Heal57.0% · 121 games

Exhaust + Flash57.8% · 83 games

Most-played runes

Arcane Comet + Domination

54.0% · 148 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band99%

Transcendence99%

Scorch99%

Secondary tree · Domination

Cheap Shot97%

Ultimate Hunter95%

Shards

Adaptive force95%

Adaptive force98%

Health scaling90%

Arcane Comet + Inspiration

46.5% · 101 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band98%

Transcendence98%

Scorch99%

Secondary tree · Inspiration

Biscuit Delivery85%

Cash Back63%

Shards

Adaptive force78%

Adaptive force86%

Health scaling77%

Glacial Augment + Sorcery

58.7% · 63 games

Primary tree · Inspiration

Cash Back82%

Biscuit Delivery86%

Cosmic Insight87%

Secondary tree · Sorcery

Transcendence92%

Manaflow Band90%

Shards

Adaptive force68%

Adaptive force86%

Health scaling82%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Morgana's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team57.4% · 101 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Zhonya's Hourglass 59.1% ▲

Liandry's Torment 67.7% ▲

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 69.0% ▲

Blackfire Torch 64.0% ▲

Imperial Mandate 48.0% ▲

The item that stands out most is Rylai's Crystal Scepter: 69.0% win rate, +16 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team48.5% · 99 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Zhonya's Hourglass 48.9% ▼

Liandry's Torment 50.0% ▼

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 40.7% ▼

Blackfire Torch 54.2%

Imperial Mandate 42.9%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Balanced enemy team51.1% · 188 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Zhonya's Hourglass 53.3%

Liandry's Torment 59.8%

Blackfire Torch 42.3% ▼

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 51.0%

Imperial Mandate 37.0% ▼

Morellonomicon 57.1%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Counters and matchups

Who counters Morgana as Support

Leona Morgana: 37.5%16 games

Leona has the edge in 62% of the 16 Support duels against Morgana. See the Leona guide.

Thresh Morgana: 50.0%18 games

Thresh has the edge in 50% of the 18 Support duels against Morgana. See the Thresh guide.

Who Morgana is strong against

Thresh50.0% · 18 games

Leona37.5% · 16 games

How to play against Morgana

• Tormented Shadow deals tons of damage to units missing large amounts of Health. When low on Health, be wary of Morgana's attempts to trap you within its reach.
• Morgana often needs to land Dark Binding to setup her other attacks. Use your minions as shields against Dark Binding.
• Black Shield makes Morgana immune to disabling effects, but can be broken with magic damage.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Morgana's matchups.

Abilities

PassiveSoul Siphon

Morgana drains spirit from her enemies, healing as she deals damage to champions, large minions, and medium and larger jungler monsters.

QDark Binding

Morgana binds an enemy in place with dark magic, forcing them to feel the pain they've caused and dealing magic damage.

WTormented Shadow

Morgana casts a cursed shadow on an area, damaging enemies who dare stand in her dark circle. They receive magic damage over time, which increases the lower health they are.

EBlack Shield

Morgana anoints an ally with a protective barrier of starfire, which absorbs magical damage and disabling effects until it is broken.

RSoul Shackles

Morgana unleashes the full force of her Celestial power as she unbinds her wings and hovers above the ground. She lashes chains of dark pain onto nearby enemy champions, gaining Move Speed. The chains slow and deal initial damage and, after a delay, stun those who are unable to break them.

Frequently asked questions

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