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

Morgana vs Kalista

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

based on 1,671 Morgana vs Kalista matchups
Win Rate
51.5 %
K/D/A
2.73
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of recently ranked LoL games that we get from Riot Games each week. Our guide on how to beat Kalista as Morgana resulted from an evaluation of 1671 ranked rounds where both champs faced off against each other. This champion pairing is somewhat rare. Morgana has to counter Kalista in only 0.8% of her matches.

Morgana vs Kalista Matchup Summary

Morgana does a decent job of beating Kalista. Normally, she wins a acceptable 51.5% of games the champs fight one another in. In Morgana versus Kalista rounds, Morgana’s team is 0.1% less probable to earn first blood, implying that she probably won't get first blood against Kalista.

Best Morgana vs Kalista Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsRuby Crystal

Core Morgana Items

~22 Mins
Zhonya's HourglassMorellonomiconLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Rylai's Crystal ScepterHorizon FocusCryptbloomSolstice Sleigh

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
InspirationTriple TonicBiscuit Delivery
Adaptive ForceAdaptive 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
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Morgana

Tips for Playing as Morgana against Kalista

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 Kalista

Kalista's mobility is dependent upon attacking. This means it is low when she is outside of her attack range and that Attack Speed slows reduce the amount of distance she can cover in an engagement.

If you can break line of sight from Kalista, including through brush, her basic attacks will miss you, falling harmlessly to the ground.

Kalista cannot cancel her basic attack wind up. While she is very mobile, this offers a window to land spells on her if you anticipate when she will begin attacking.

Morgana vs Kalista Counter Stats

Morgana Image
Win Rate
51.5 %
VS
Win Rate
48.5 %
Kalista Image
3.7
< Kills >
8.2
5.9
< Deaths >
6.9
12.4
< Assists >
6.1
0.82
< Killing Sprees >
1.9
52
< Minions Killed >
168
0.16
< Dragons Killed >
0.37
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.48
926
< Physical Damage >
17,961
15,359
< Magic Damage >
2,634
977
< True Damage >
462
17,263
< Damage Dealt >
21,057
20,439
< Damage Taken >
23,636
9,551
< Gold Earned >
12,663
1.74
< Towers >
2.26
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.15
4,316
< Total Healing >
6,975
11,347
< Experience >
12,528
51
< Vision Score >
19
22
< Wards Placed >
8
138
< Time Dealing CC >
155

How to Counter Kalista with Morgana in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several strategic Morgana versus Kalista counter statistics that may help us realize the distinctions between these two champions. Morgana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kalista’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Morgana may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kalista. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.

Morgana often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Kalista. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Morgana and Kalista

Damage Types Compared

Morgana
Kalista
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Morgana
Kalista

Who is Better, Morgana or Kalista?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Morgana usually wins when facing off against Kalista, with a 51.5% win rate. As a result, Morgana makes a good counter to Kalista.

While Morgana does have a higher win rate than Kalista, when facing one another, Morgana also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Morgana into Kalista.

Furthermore, Morgana also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kalista. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Morgana vs Kalista matchups, Morgana is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Morgana is a decent counter to Kalista. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Morgana against Kalista.

Additional Information for Morgana Players

How We Calculated Our Morgana vs Kalista Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kalista as Morgana, we analyzed 1,671 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 Kalista 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 learn all of the intricacies of Morgana to counter Kalista during both the lane 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 tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Morgana often racks up a lot less CS relative to Kalista. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost 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 Kalista build consist of Zhonya's Hourglass, Morellonomicon, and Liandry's Torment. When Morgana incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better countering Kalista than with most other common item sets. In fact, Morgana had an average win rate of 51.5% battling Kalista with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of annihilating Kalista as Morgana, Morgana players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Triple Tonic runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Morgana vs Kalista counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.5% winrate overall.

If you would like to view Morgana vs Kalista tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a a specific division rank, please select one from the selection menu displayed above. At first, the statistics and guides given are calculated using all rounds played with these champs.