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How to Win Malzahar vs Morgana Counter MatchupMalzahar is in the a tier of champions

Malzahar vs Morgana

How to Beat Morgana as Malzahar in LoLMalzahar is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Morgana as Malzahar

based on 6,981 Malzahar vs Morgana matchups
Win Rate
49.1 %
K/D/A
2.23
Pick Rate
5.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked League of Legends games each week. Within our data, Malzahar fought Morgana 6981 times. Having so many matchups for Malzahar versus Morgana gives us a lot of confidence in our capability to provide informative stats and a supported build to defeat your foe. This particular champion pairing is relatively uncommon. Malzahar encounters Morgana in only 5.7% of his matches.

Malzahar vs Morgana Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Malzahar does a below average job of countering Morgana. Typically, he wins a acceptable 49.1% of games the champions clash against one another in. In Malzahar versus Morgana matches, Malzahar’s team is 0.2% less probable to get first blood, indicating that he most likely won't get first blood versus Morgana.

Best Malzahar vs Morgana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Sapphire CrystalRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Fiendish CodexLost Chapter

Core Malzahar Items

~22 Mins
MalignanceCryptbloomLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

ShadowflameRylai's Crystal ScepterZhonya's HourglassRabadon's Deathcap

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Malzahar's passive ability p
Malzahar's q ability q
Malzahar's w ability w
Malzahar's e ability e
Malzahar's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Morgana as Malzahar

Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Morgana

Use Call of the Void and Nether Grasp to renew the duration of Malefic Visions on enemies.

Wait to cast Void Swarm until there are nearby enemies for the Voidling to attack or kill.

Avoiding damage in lane maximizes the uptime on Void Shift, increasing Malzahar's safety dramatically.

Advice to Win 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.

Black Shield makes Morgana immune to disabling effects, but can be broken with magic damage.

Morgana often needs to land Dark Binding to setup her other attacks. Use your minions as shields against Dark Binding.

Malzahar vs Morgana Counter Stats

Malzahar Image
Win Rate
49.1 %
VS
Win Rate
50.9 %
Morgana Image
5.3
< Kills >
3.7
5.6
< Deaths >
5.5
7.2
< Assists >
12
1.21
< Killing Sprees >
0.82
201
< Minions Killed >
57
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.17
0.56
< Inhibitors >
0.45
629
< Physical Damage >
849
21,157
< Magic Damage >
15,724
417
< True Damage >
991
22,204
< Damage Dealt >
17,565
19,003
< Damage Taken >
21,320
12,314
< Gold Earned >
9,802
2.29
< Towers >
1.69
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
1,669
< Total Healing >
4,806
15,524
< Experience >
11,888
20
< Vision Score >
52
10
< Wards Placed >
23
409
< Time Dealing CC >
136

How to Counter Morgana with Malzahar in LoL

The stats shown on this page underscore some important Malzahar against Morgana counter statistics that can help us realize the distinctions between these two champions. Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Morgana’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Morgana..

Malzahar typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Morgana. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Malzahar and Morgana

Damage Types Compared

Malzahar
Morgana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Malzahar
Morgana

Who is Better, Malzahar or Morgana?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malzahar usually fairs equally well when taking on Morgana, with a 49.1% win rate. Thus, Malzahar makes an ok counter for Morgana.

While Malzahar does have a lower win rate than Morgana, when facing one another, Malzahar also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Malzahar into Morgana.

Moreover, Malzahar also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Morgana. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Morgana matchups, Morgana is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Malzahar is a somewhat poor counter to Morgana. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Malzahar against Morgana.

Additional Information for Malzahar Players

How We Calculated Our Malzahar vs Morgana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Morgana as Malzahar, we analyzed 6,981 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 Morgana as Malzahar 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Malzahar in order to counter Morgana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Malzahar most often picks up much more CS compared to Morgana. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Malzahar versus Morgana build include Malignance, Cryptbloom, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Morgana than with many other typical builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average win rate of 49.1% when playing against Morgana with this build.

To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Morgana as Malzahar, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Malzahar vs Morgana fights, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.1% winrate overall.

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