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

Morgana vs Irelia

How to Beat Irelia as Morgana in LoLMorgana is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Irelia as Morgana

based on 5,088 Morgana vs Irelia matchups
Win Rate
52 %
K/D/A
2.81
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League of Legends matches every week. In our data, Morgana engaged Irelia in 5088 games. Using so many matchups for Morgana vs Irelia gives us confidence in our capacity to produce useful stats and a recommended build to defeat your foe. This particular champion pairing is relatively rare. Morgana is forced to battle against Irelia in only 2.6% of her matches.

Morgana vs Irelia Matchup Summary

Morgana has done a good job of countering Irelia. Normally, she wins a whopping 52.0% of the time the champions face off with each other in. In Morgana vs Irelia rounds, Morgana’s team is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood, implying that she probably will get first blood versus Irelia.

Best Morgana vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsHaunting Guise

Core Morgana Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterZaz'Zak's RealmspikeLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Horizon FocusImperial MandateStormsurgeMorellonomicon

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
DominationCheap ShotUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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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W
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Q
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Morgana

Tips for Playing as Morgana against Irelia

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.

Advice to Win Against Irelia

Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.

Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.

Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.

Morgana vs Irelia Counter Stats

Morgana Image
Win Rate
52 %
VS
Win Rate
48 %
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3.7
< Kills >
7.4
5.7
< Deaths >
7.1
12.3
< Assists >
5
0.8
< Killing Sprees >
1.67
54
< Minions Killed >
206
0.16
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.46
871
< Physical Damage >
16,478
15,094
< Magic Damage >
6,130
1,096
< True Damage >
772
17,061
< Damage Dealt >
23,381
20,963
< Damage Taken >
32,022
9,619
< Gold Earned >
13,026
1.68
< Towers >
2.26
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
4,538
< Total Healing >
10,993
11,667
< Experience >
15,257
51
< Vision Score >
17
22
< Wards Placed >
8
135
< Time Dealing CC >
111

How to Counter Irelia with Morgana in LoL

The stats provided here clarify some valuable Morgana vs. Irelia counter statistics that may help us grasp the differences between the pair. For instance, Morgana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Irelia’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Morgana may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Irelia. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.

Morgana typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Irelia. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Morgana and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Morgana
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Morgana
Irelia

Who is Better, Morgana or Irelia?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Morgana usually wins when trying to fight Irelia, with a 52.0% win rate. Thus, Morgana makes a good counter to Irelia.

While Morgana does have a higher win rate than Irelia, when they face off with one another, Morgana also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Morgana into Irelia.

Additionally, Morgana has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Irelia. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Morgana vs Irelia matchups, Morgana is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Morgana is a decent counter for Irelia. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Morgana against Irelia.

Additional Information for Morgana Players

How We Calculated Our Morgana vs Irelia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Irelia as Morgana, we analyzed 5,088 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 Irelia 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Morgana to counter Irelia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Morgana most often gets a lot less CS relative to Irelia. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.

The top items to use in your Morgana versus Irelia build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Morgana used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Irelia than with most other common item sets. In fact, Morgana had an average winrate of 52.0% battling Irelia with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Irelia as Morgana, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Morgana vs Irelia matchups, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Irelia as Morgana are displayed for every ranked division. To filter the stats and builds to a distinct division, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.