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How to Win Morgana vs Kai'Sa Counter MatchupMorgana is in the b tier of champions

Morgana vs Kai'Sa

How to Beat Kai'Sa as Morgana in LoLMorgana is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kai'Sa as Morgana

based on 8,406 Morgana vs Kai'Sa matchups
Win Rate
55 %
K/D/A
2.78
Pick Rate
4.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked LoL matches each and every week. In our dataset, Morgana engaged Kai'Sa in 8406 games. Having so many matchups for Morgana versus Kai'Sa provides us confidence in our capability to produce useful stats and a solid build to destroy Kai'Sa. This counter pairing is fairly uncommon. Morgana fights Kai'Sa in only 4.2% of her matches.

Morgana vs Kai'Sa Matchup Summary

Morgana does a great job of countering Kai'Sa. Normally, she wins a terrific 55.0% of the time the champions oppose one another in. In Morgana versus Kai'Sa games, Morgana’s side is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood. This implies that she most likely will get first blood against Kai'Sa.

Best Morgana vs Kai'Sa Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandAmplifying Tome

Core Morgana Items

~22 Mins
Zhonya's HourglassSolstice SleighLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

StormsurgeRedemptionCryptbloomHorizon Focus

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot 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 ForceMagic Resist
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
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W
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E
4
Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Kai'Sa as Morgana

Tips for Playing as Morgana against Kai'Sa

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 Kai'Sa

Kai'Sa is very vulnerable to getting outranged by mages and long range carries.

Make sure to place wards in your blind spots so you can see Kai'Sa coming.

Kai'Sa is very good at picking off isolated enemies. Stick together against her.

Morgana vs Kai'Sa Counter Stats

Morgana Image
Win Rate
55 %
VS
Win Rate
45 %
Kai'Sa Image
3.7
< Kills >
7.7
5.8
< Deaths >
6.5
12.4
< Assists >
6.1
0.83
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
53
< Minions Killed >
180
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.45
896
< Physical Damage >
12,393
15,202
< Magic Damage >
8,286
959
< True Damage >
427
17,058
< Damage Dealt >
21,108
21,037
< Damage Taken >
20,915
9,777
< Gold Earned >
12,629
1.9
< Towers >
2.05
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
4,547
< Total Healing >
4,581
11,727
< Experience >
13,072
53
< Vision Score >
18
23
< Wards Placed >
9
137
< Time Dealing CC >
44

How to Counter Kai'Sa with Morgana in LoL

The stats shown here feature several significant Morgana against Kai'Sa matchup statistics that can help you explain the differences between the two. Morgana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Morgana may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kai'Sa. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Morgana typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Kai'Sa. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Morgana and Kai'Sa

Damage Types Compared

Morgana
Kai'Sa
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Morgana
Kai'Sa

Who is Better, Morgana or Kai'Sa?

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 Kai'Sa, with a 55.0% win rate. Thus, Morgana makes a great counter for Kai'Sa.

While Morgana does have a much higher win rate than Kai'Sa, when on opposite teams, Morgana also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Morgana into Kai'Sa.

Moreover, Morgana has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kai'Sa. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Morgana vs Kai'Sa matchups, Morgana is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Morgana is a great counter to Kai'Sa. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Morgana against Kai'Sa.

Additional Information for Morgana Players

How We Calculated Our Morgana vs Kai'Sa Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kai'Sa as Morgana, we analyzed 8,406 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 Kai'Sa 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

If you would like to truly master Morgana in order to counter Kai'Sa during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Morgana often racks up a lot less CS compared to Kai'Sa. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Morgana versus Kai'Sa build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Solstice Sleigh, and Liandry's Torment. When Morgana bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs Kai'Sa than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Morgana boasted an average win rate of 55.0% battling Kai'Sa with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Kai'Sa as Morgana, Morgana players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Morgana vs Kai'Sa matchups, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 55.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Kai'Sa as Morgana are given for all skill levels combined. To filter the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.