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

Morgana vs Nasus

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

based on 6,197 Morgana vs Nasus matchups
Win Rate
51.7 %
K/D/A
2.82
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked League of Legends rounds each and every week. Within our database, Morgana battled Nasus in 6197 games. Including so many matchups for Morgana versus Nasus provides us a lot of faith in our capacity to produce informative statistics and a pro build to counter Nasus. This champ matchup is fairly rare. Morgana fights Nasus in only 3.1% of her games.

Morgana vs Nasus Matchup Summary

Morgana has done a decent job of beating Nasus. Typically, she wins a acceptable 51.7% of matches the champions face one another in. In Morgana versus Nasus rounds, Morgana’s side is 0.2% more probable to obtain first blood, indicating that she probably will get first blood versus Nasus.

Best Morgana vs Nasus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsHaunting Guise

Core Morgana Items

~22 Mins
Zhonya's HourglassDream MakerLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Rylai's Crystal ScepterCryptbloomImperial MandateHorizon Focus

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationTriple TonicBiscuit Delivery
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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Guide to Countering Nasus as Morgana

Tips for Playing as Morgana against Nasus

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 Nasus

Nasus is prone to being kited. Try not to engage him at full Health.

Max rank Wither is a very effective counter to Attack Damage characters, so try to avoid getting caught alone by it.

While transformed by his ultimate, Nasus is stronger than most champions in the League. Engage him only if you have a clear advantage.

Morgana vs Nasus Counter Stats

Morgana Image
Win Rate
51.7 %
VS
Win Rate
48.3 %
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3.7
< Kills >
4.8
5.5
< Deaths >
5.4
11.8
< Assists >
5.2
0.81
< Killing Sprees >
1.11
54
< Minions Killed >
167
0.16
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.55
874
< Physical Damage >
13,734
15,905
< Magic Damage >
5,234
994
< True Damage >
424
17,775
< Damage Dealt >
19,392
20,710
< Damage Taken >
37,999
9,617
< Gold Earned >
11,605
1.79
< Towers >
2.52
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
4,574
< Total Healing >
13,944
11,628
< Experience >
15,241
51
< Vision Score >
15
22
< Wards Placed >
8
138
< Time Dealing CC >
509

How to Counter Nasus with Morgana in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some significant Morgana vs. Nasus counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. For instance, Morgana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nasus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Morgana may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Nasus. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.

Morgana usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. Typically, she takes less damage than Nasus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Morgana and Nasus

Damage Types Compared

Morgana
Nasus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Morgana
Nasus

Who is Better, Morgana or Nasus?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Morgana usually wins when taking on Nasus, with a 51.7% win rate. As a result, Morgana makes a good counter for Nasus.

While Morgana does have a higher win rate than Nasus, when they face off with one another, Morgana also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Morgana into Nasus.

Furthermore, Morgana has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nasus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Morgana vs Nasus matchups, Morgana is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Morgana is a decent counter for Nasus. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Morgana against Nasus.

Additional Information for Morgana Players

How We Calculated Our Morgana vs Nasus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nasus as Morgana, we analyzed 6,197 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 Nasus 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 in order to counter Nasus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Morgana typically accumulates a lot less CS as Nasus. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Morgana versus Nasus build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Dream Maker, and Liandry's Torment. When Morgana combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs. Nasus than with most other common builds. In fact, Morgana boasted an average win rate of 51.7% when countering Nasus with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing Nasus as Morgana, Morgana players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Triple Tonic, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Morgana vs Nasus matchups, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.7% winrate overall.

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