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How to Win Morgana vs Briar Counter MatchupMorgana is in the b tier of champions

Morgana vs Briar

How to Beat Briar as Morgana in LoLMorgana is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Briar as Morgana

based on 9,152 Morgana vs Briar matchups
Win Rate
49.1 %
K/D/A
2.63
Pick Rate
4.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends rounds that we analyze each week. This guide on how to beat Briar as Morgana resulted from an evaluation of 9152 ranked games where both champs opposed each other. This particular champ matchup is fairly uncommon. Morgana encounters Briar in only 4.6% of her games.

Morgana vs Briar Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Morgana does a poor job of countering Briar. Typically, she wins a acceptable 49.1% of matches the champions battle one another in. In Morgana against Briar rounds, Morgana’s team is 0.1% more expected to obtain first blood. This implies that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Briar.

Best Morgana vs Briar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBlasting Wand

Core Morgana Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapZaz'Zak's RealmspikeLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

StormsurgeCryptbloomHorizon FocusRylai's Crystal Scepter

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Morgana to level upq
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Second ability for Morgana to level upw
>
Last skill for Morgana to max oute

Runes

InspirationGlacial AugmentTriple TonicBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Morgana's passive ability p
Morgana's q ability q
Morgana's w ability w
Morgana's e ability e
Morgana's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Guide to Countering Briar as Morgana

Tips for Playing as Morgana against Briar

Tormented Shadow is an excellent farming tool if you're by yourself in a lane.

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.

Morgana vs Briar Counter Stats

Morgana Image
Win Rate
49.1 %
VS
Win Rate
50.9 %
Briar Image
3.9
< Kills >
9.2
6.2
< Deaths >
8.1
12.4
< Assists >
6.7
0.85
< Killing Sprees >
2.13
54
< Minions Killed >
40
0.16
< Dragons Killed >
1.45
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.32
874
< Physical Damage >
19,171
15,594
< Magic Damage >
3,170
1,024
< True Damage >
998
17,493
< Damage Dealt >
23,340
21,956
< Damage Taken >
36,974
9,791
< Gold Earned >
12,887
1.64
< Towers >
1.05
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.33
4,536
< Total Healing >
30,915
11,837
< Experience >
14,275
51
< Vision Score >
20
22
< Wards Placed >
6
136
< Time Dealing CC >
256

How to Counter Briar with Morgana in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some influential Morgana versus Briar matchup stats that may help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. Morgana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Briar’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Morgana may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Briar. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Morgana usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives less damage than Briar. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Morgana and Briar

Damage Types Compared

Morgana
Briar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Morgana
Briar

Who is Better, Morgana or Briar?

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

While Morgana does have a lower winrate compared to Briar, when on opposite teams, Morgana also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Morgana into Briar.

Moreover, Morgana also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Briar. 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Morgana vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Morgana is a somewhat poor counter for Briar. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Morgana against Briar.

Other Champion Matchups Against Morgana

Morgana Loses Against

TrundleTrundle47.3% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune47.6% winrateNaafiriNaafiri47.7% winrateTeemoTeemo47.8% winrate

Morgana Wins Against

YuumiYuumi57.6% winrateZoeZoe56.9% winrateSkarnerSkarner56% winrateLuluLulu55.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

LilliaLillia+ 54.7% 10020 GamesTrundleTrundle+ 54.9% 13279 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 54.9% 28467 GamesFizzFizz+ 55% 9411 Games

Additional Information for Morgana Players

How We Calculated Our Morgana vs Briar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Briar as Morgana, we analyzed 9,152 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 Briar as Morgana 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.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Morgana to counter Briar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Morgana on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Briar. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Morgana versus Briar build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Morgana included at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Briar than with most other common item sets. In fact, Morgana had an average win rate of 49.1% when playing against Briar with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest probability of beating Briar as Morgana, you should take the Glacial Augment, Triple Tonic, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Morgana vs Briar counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.1% win rate overall.

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